Character Analysis of Brother Jack and Brother Tod in Ralph Ellison’s, The Invisible Man

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Ralph Ellison’s “The Invisible Man”, is a novel that reveals the characters psychological growth. Also, in this novel the story revolves around the narrator as an individual. In this novel the narrator relates the whole story in a first person point of view in which his name is never revealed. The narrator remains a voice throughout the entire novel, never establishing a concrete presence in the story. This is why he is looked at as an “invisible man.” In the novel, he is an African American who is extremely vulnerable to the pressure that society put upon him. The narrator in the story is a dynamic character who does not realize what is really going on around him. He also constantly ignores the truth about everything that is going on in the world around him, although Ellison does make sure that the reader can see the narrator’s blindness. For most of the story, the narrator seems to remain innocent and has no hard feelings towards any of the other characters in the novel. I believe this causes him to miss out on some of the stories true meanings and important events. Early...

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