The Man

 Ralph Ellison's " Invisble Man" is a narration made in first person by the invisble man. Through the story it is implicit that the man is as African American since Ellison says " I am not ashamed of myself for having grandparents for haviing been slaves." (pg. 15). This clearly states that our character is part from a black heritage. Ellison also uses allusions, in this case, in the prologue, he refers to Edgar Allan Poe since he sees ghosts, and by this our character makes a distinciton between what is it like to be an invisible man rather than a ghost.

Moreover, Ellison begins to uncover the mystery of this invisible man through this character narrating his story. In the incident in the ball room, Ellison uses imagery to portray what is happening in such chaos and mess from the blinded fighters. " I saw a boy going down heavily beside me" (pg. 24). The language that is used through the story emphasizes how racism acted upon our character. " Let me at that big nigger" (pg.21). 

The use of diction is very important through this chapters since it makes a difference between the african american children, our character itself and the M.C people. For example, the use of words changes from the fight and chaos it was provoked, and from the speech our character uses. Through metaphors, Ellison descibres how our character who " knows more big words than a pocket-sized dictionary". (pg. 29)