Invisible Man talks about a black man’s life in a white world. When it was published in 1952 it was a shocking book when it came out. Nowadays it is an important work of literature because it talks about the hardships of a black man in the south. This book is about a young man’s journey in the south to the streets of New York. As the book goes on the man learns more about the world and starts to have a very different views. This book reveals racism in the U.S.The book starts of with the main characters telling the reader how no one can see him because he is invisible to them. They bump into him as if they don’t even see him. He keeps getting disrespected by people so he doesn’t stand for it anymore. One night he confronts a man for knocking him down on the ground. The invisible man pulls a knife on the man making the man think badly about his race. The white probably thought of him and his people as a violent race. Right at the beginning you can see the racism already starting to form.
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It is not surprising how the main character turned violent when he felt that he couldn't stand being disrespected anymore. This happens a lot in other situations where racism is not the issue. The stereotypical "smart nerd" would be one who was always ignored and disrespected and eventually decides to finally end the constant disrespect by becoming violent to stand up for him/herself.
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