How does the narrator interpret his grandfathers advice in Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison?
In “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the narrator sees that the only way to truly exist, to not be invisible, is to remain true to one’s self. By relying his grandfather’s self-effacing logic, he only reinforces his sense of invisibility as he can never realize himself fully outside of the stereotypes and bounds of white perception. By shedding this philosophy in exchange for one that does not deny the self the author/narrator comes to his ultimate epiphany. ChaCha!
