blog post 4

"Invisible Man" centers itself around a nameless protagonist who encounters many trials and tribulations throughout his own personal journey. He longs for a greater purpose in society, living in a racist society in which the white race is the deemed better than that of any other.

But what exactly makes him "invisible" you might ask. A since of being invisible is metaphorical to that fact that he was unknown. When you seen him walking down the street he was just anybody else, a somewhat unrecognized black man with no ulterior motives. The narrator wanted more for himself. This ultimately causes him to join the brotherhood, to make a difference and become somebody.

The main theme of "Invisible Man" is has nothing to do with anything science fiction, but rather standing up against racial prejudices during a time in which it was most prevalent. To society he is just a black man but he knows that he is more than that. But most importantly he wants to show his worth to white society. He's not just a simple stereotype, he's an educated black man that deserves to be noticed. 

Kanye West's song Power linked here,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE , speaks on the topic of power. He tells of how no one man should have so much power to be in control of everyone and everything. This relates right back to the white society in this novel. In "Invisible Man" it is deemed that white society has the power over other races. Often of which causing stereotypes to be created and the overall looking down upon other races. For example with how white men allowed black men to fight in a ring like dogs as if they had no worth. The narrator stands against these kind of ideals and along the finds himself, so that he can no longer be invisible. But rather a figure in a society that is non race conflicted.