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There comes a time when racial conflict rears its ugly head and affects the people who have no choice but to be engulfed within its fiery rage. These people were influenced greatly by their surroundings and were sometimes inspired artistically to express their own views of how they perceived this. Ralph Ellison and Anne Moody both (1.) are affected by the results of racial conflicts and racism, and the end result (2) is the production of two very moving books that share similar qualities. Both Invisible Man and Coming of Age In Mississippi express racial views through characters, setting, and thoughts and views through the narrator. Throughout the novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison (3) expressed his racial views through the use of symbols that are represented as characters. (A) Descriptive imagery (4) helped express Ellison's ideas through his characters. The narrator, who is the main character in Invisible Man, demonstrates that the black man is seen as invisible to the white people in America at the time when racism (5) peaked. Ellison felt that it was the black man's turn to take a stand for what was right, and through his narrator he states his view. "Social...equality." (Pg. 31). The courageous and daring narrator
Anne Moody used similar use of characters in her autobiography. She grew up in a very poor and hate filled life. "I was sick of having to worry about where my next penny was coming from and how I would get to school next year." (Pg. 233). Anne (the main character) takes a stand for her rights by joining a black movement group. She also was seen as invisible throughout her whole life, similar to that of the narrator in Invisible Man. Symbols, are what the characters (9) were used as to represent the struggle of the black person, in the sense that both authors wanted to express what they felt was necessary to break the restraints of racism. (c) Anne Moody and Ralph Ellison both show an exquisite display of representation, while using their characters as channels for their views. Another similar idea is brought up quite equally in Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi. Through the main character journeys, which includes many plot conflicts, the shaping of the identity of Anne Moody is made. She, too, finds herself in the midst of a racial movement, participating and making stands for her beliefs about racism. Struggling through school and life help shape the strong individual that Anne becomes as an adult. Usage of plot conflicts helped build up the person that Moody was going to be and expressed the racial view of the author as well. Even one person can make a difference in the racial movement, and the struggles the main character went throug
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