In chapter 11 Ellison uses a lot of imagery that represents aspects of birth. For instance, on page 238. The narrator describes the way that his body feels in such a way that it almost seems like he'

Chapter 11 is a very significant part in Invisible Man. It signifies a change in the narrator. Even though the reader is not really sure about what exactly went on in the factory hospital, it is evident that something substantial happened to the narrator. He was reborn, somehow.

After the narrator's stay in the factory hospital (his rebirth) he acts differently. Up until the narrator's rebirth he never really stood up for himself. He'd been taking his grandfathers advice of basically just being a yes-man. After his rebirth though, we see a change in the narrator. The narrator, after witnessing two elderly people being evicted from their apartment, delivers a speech to the crowd of people that ultimately ends up in the crowd beating up the Marshall

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