1. Introduction With the publication of his novel Invisible Man in 1952 Ralph Ellison certainly had his masterpiece. It tells the story of a young African American in search for his own identity by struggling ... though individuality is a crucial theme in Invisible Man - but also wanted to put emphasis on the universal character that is linked with the novel. According to Ellison the struggling initiation of the main character should be seen as parallelism for the development of the black race - or even further: for all individuals - within ... the white trustees. Even if that means denying...

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