invisible man
The group portrayed in Ellison's Invisible Man, The Brotherhood, is a perfect model of Emerson's ideas on the conspiracy of any society against the individuality of its members. The Brotherhood restrains the personal growth of the protagonist, and in so doing impedes the development of his own identity. To that respect the protagonist is unable to truly discover who he is until he breaks away from society at large and formulate his own ideas and beliefs. And until then he was unable to become true to himself, and realize who in fact he was. While growing up in a place predominately controlled by the white upper class, the Invisible Man was an exceptionally intelligent boy. He was a smart and astute young boy and was a rather talented speaker. He was able to formulate his ideas in a clear, and articulate manor. However, when asked to speak in front of the town's elite he was made a mockery of. Nobody really listened to what he was talking about and was treated in a manor of speaking as an animal. He had stood alone, as an individual and had spoke his mind and he was given no sense of true recognition. He felt in fact, alone and invisible from the others. Later in his life when the protagonist ends up in Harlem he is
riveted by the occurrence of a group of men throwing people out of their homes. He did not like the feeling of being alone when standing in front of the heads of the community when growing up. Their he is introduced to Emma an active contributor to the Brotherhood. After this spontaneous speech of his, he is approached by brother Jack the head of the Brotherhood. And just Why? Because I don't think we ought to dramatize our differences. " It is at this moment in time where the protagonist finally realizes what the brotherhood is about. Still Henry is unable to break away from this domineering society and remained as the Brotherhood's guinea pig. He brings up the issue of the newspaper article that talked about the Invisible Man to Brother Jack, and the rest of the heads of the Brotherhood.
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