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1、TheProtagonist’sPursuitofIdentityinInvisibleManMajor:08BusinessAdministrationName:RachelluInvisibleMan,writtenbyRalphWaldoEllison,isadistinguishednovelonanAfro-American’sstrugglinginthetoughandadversesociety,fromblindnesstovision,fromdarknesstolightandfromlosingtoidentifyinghimself.Elli
2、sontoldsuchablackpeople’sfightingstoryinbreakingtheedgeofraceandregionratherthanincriticizingonracialdiscrimination.WhatEllisonpresentstousisnotonlyanAfro-American’spursuinghisownidentitybutauniversalphenomenon,thementalcrisisinwesterncountries.Theprotagonist’spursuitofhisownidentityist
3、hekeylinethroughoutthewholenovel.First,hegraduallyacceptsthecultureofAfro-Americansthatoriginallyhehatesafterhisawarenessofbeinghimself.Ashefindshisowngroundforhisidentity,hebeginstofightagainstthewhiteauthorities,aimingtogetridoftheircontrol.Finally,hetakesonhissocialandracialresponsib
4、ilitiesandsuccessfullygainsthementalindependence.Inabroadsense,heultimatelyfindshisuniqueidentity,aninvisibleman.Inthebeginningofthestory,theprotagonisthasn’tindependentidentityatall.Whathepursuesistheacceptanceandapprovalofthewhite’ssociety,asablack.Therefore,heengageshimselfintothewhi
5、te’seducationmodel,andtrieshardtoadapthimselftotheunfairrulesand4/4disciplinesofthenation.However,hisresultistheendlessinsultandabuseimposedbythewhitesdominatedsociety.Ellisonisskillfulinusingsymbolismtoemphasizethetheme.Forinstance,theblindfoldedinChapter1isanextraordinarilysuccessfuls
6、ymbol.Thissymbolforeshadowstheprotagonist’sinvisibleidentityandtherootreasonwhyheisinvisible.Additionally,italsoindicatestheprotagonist’ssufferinginthewayhepursueshisidentity.First,itsymbolizeswhitepeople’signoranceontheracialdiscriminationtowardstheblack.Andthisistherootreasonwhythepro
7、tagonistremainsaninvisibleman.Alltenblackboysareblindfoldedwithbroadbandsofwhiteclothandpushedtotheimpersonal、irrationalandridiculous“royalgame”.Obviouslyfromthewhite’spointsofview,theblackarenomoreworthythananimalsandtheyareevensomekindoftoolsforrecreation.Whattheviolentandcru
