Invisible Man1

unidentified, anonymous narrator of Ralph Ellison's acclaimed novel Invisible Man.

Throughout the story, the narrator embarks on a mental and physical journey to seek

what the narrator believes is "true identity," a belief quite mistaken, for he, although

unaware of it, had already been inhabiting true identities all along.

The narrator's life is filled with constant eruptions of mental traumas. The biggest

psychological burden he has is his identity, or rather his misidentity. He feels "wearing

on the nerves" (Ellison 3) for people to see him as what they like to believe he is and

not see him as what he really is. Throughout his life, he takes on several different

identities and none, he thinks, adequately represents his true self, until his final one, as

The narrator thinks the many identities he possesses does not reflect himself, but he

fails to recognize that identity is simply a mirror that reflects the surrounding and the

person who looks into it. It is only in this reflection of the immediate surrounding can

the viewers relate the narrator's identity to. The viewers see only the

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Approximate Word count = 2332
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)