ENG 1101
Ho Yan, Lam
September 10, 2015

The Prologue of “Invisible Man” (Summary)

In the Prologue to “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the author addresses the theme of feeling invisible. The invisible man beats up another man at one point and walked away laughing. He chooses to live underground because he sort of gives in to the idea in his head that people find him invisible. Although he calls himself the invisible man, he likes to live in the light because it reminds him that he’s alive. Ultimately the main character struggles with internal confliction as to whether he needs to prove to the world that he exist or he just needs to know himself that he’s alive.