In the novel “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, Ellison writes about a young African-American man trying to find his identity and becomes the victim of history, circumstance, and malice. Ellison was born on March 1, 1914, in Oklahoma City to Lewis Alfred and Ida Millsap Ellison. His father was a construction worker who died from a work-related accident when Ralph was three years old. His mother raised him and his younger brother Herbert on her own, working different jobs to make ends meet. In reading “Invisible Man,” the unknown narrator endures many challenges in his life that compared to the same challenges that Ellison faced his life. I believe Ellison was writing about himself in the novel “The Invisible
In the novel “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, Ellison writes about a young African-American man trying to find his identity and becomes the victim of history, circumstance, and malice. Ellison was born on March 1, 1914, in Oklahoma City to Lewis Alfred and Ida Millsap Ellison. His father was a construction worker who died from a work-related accident when Ralph was three years old. His mother raised him and his younger brother Herbert on her own, working different jobs to make ends meet. In reading “Invisible Man,” the unknown narrator endures many challenges in his life that compared to the same challenges that Ellison faced his life. I believe Ellison was writing about himself in the novel “The Invisible