Social Sensitivity
Jane Eyre explores the predicaments of those bound by law, conventions, and social status to lives not of their own choosing. Like Charlotte Bronte, Jane […]
Month: December 2008
Topics and Ideas for Papers
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Examine the behavior of Georgiana Reed, Blanche Ingram, and Rosamond Oliver to determine their ultimate goals. What are they? Do you […]
Related Titles
Bronte’s novel The Professor recalls her experiences at the Pensionnat Heger and explores the effects of ambition and authoritarianism on family relationships. Shirley: A Tale […]
About the Author
Ralph Ellison, one of the most famous black writers of the twentieth century, was virtually unknown as a writer when, in 1952, his novel Invisible […]
Themes and Characters
Invisible Man’s most important theme is the individual’s quest for identity. The narrator moves from a state of ignorance to a state of enlightenment, represented […]
Literary Qualities
As in the naturalistic novels of Emile Zola, Theodore Dreiser, and Frank Norris, characters in Invisible Man are limited by the circumstances of birth, intelligence, […]
Social Sensitivity
Of universal appeal in its reflection of the human condition, Invisible Man is deeply rooted in the social problems faced by blacks in the United […]
Topics and Ideas for Papers
VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Why do the men who are giving the narrator a scholarship put him through such an ordeal at the club? […]