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A 5 page paper which examines
education, as well as philanthropy and political activism in Ralph Ellison’s “The
Invisible Man.” No additional sources cited.
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for his place in society. He is attempting to better himself and find some righteous endeavor that will give his life meaning. He desires to understand the racial problems and
the racial differences. He travels from one portion of society to another, seeking all these things, but still remaining somewhat ignorant and blind of the realities, thus remaining invisible. And
in this blindness, this sense of invisibility, which is perhaps inherent in all of us, he maintains little in the way of self-reliance and clearly maintains little social responsibility. This
is not to say that he does not believe himself to be socially responsible in some of his actions, for he is delving into reality and at least attempting to
see the truth. But it is to say that in his searching he has not taken true responsibility for his own part of the big picture. This is what makes
him invisible and inconsequential. It is a tale of one opening his eyes to some truths, and therefor a tale of a man learning that he was stumbling around blindly.
Part of that discovery of truth clearly involves the reality of education. The following paper examines education in this novel, and then discusses philanthropy and social activism. Invisible
Man In the very beginning we see the narrator understanding that education is perhaps the key to all success. But we see the beginnings of the blindness, as well as
self-reliance and social responsibility, in the subtle explanation of the title name. The author states that "I am an invisible man...When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves,
or figments of their imagination--indeed, everything and anything except me" (Ellison 3). In this we see a man who is accepting the role of being an invisible man and as
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