The Deceived Invisible Man :: Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

In the unperceivable objet dart, by Ralph Ellison, our main character struggles to find his straddle in society. Throughout the novel, he finds himself in power-struggles. At the beginning of the novel, we befool the narrator as a student in an Afri quite a little-American college. He plays a large role in the school as an wholesome student. Later, we see the Invisible Man once again as an great member of an organization known as the blood brotherhood. In both situations he is working, indirectly, to have a place in a changing homo of homogony. In each circumstance he finds himself deceived in a snow-covered humannesss world. The Invisible man originally wanted to graduate from his college to be a professor, perhaps even the death chair of the college. His dream and life as he knew it was crushed when he was expelled from school for taking a uncontaminating alumni to a black neighborhood where he should not have gone. The president of the college reprimands him for not having enough common sense to show the white-hot man what he wanted to see. Dr. Bledsoe, the president, believes that it is necessary to lie to the white man. He calls The Invisible man a nigger. By this act, Bledsoe is stating that he feels superior. Dr. Bledsoe promises the Invisible Man letters of recommendation to white businessmen in New York. He finds that in truth the letters are mocking him and stating that he go out never be invited back to the college again. Bledsoe masks his respect for the white man, signing the letter, Respectfully, I am your humble servant. This power struggle between the white man, the powerful black man, and the black citizen is a twisted circle of move to please the other. The Invisible man meets a character named Brother Jack. He is a member of the Brotherhood, an organization desiring peace between races. It can be said that the Brotherhood represents American communism. Brother Jack is the contribute of power. Once the invisible man finds his place as a policy-making figure in the Brotherhood he is successful. He is a strong speaker and the public loves him. He receives a note warning him that he was moving too fast and that it is a white mans world. In the end, he discovers that it was Brother Jack, the very man fighting for equality, who was responsible for the letter.