Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
read an excerpt
Ralph Ellison
read an excerpt
"Whence all this passion towards conformity anyway? Diversity is the word. Let man keep his many parts and you will have no tyrant states. Why, if they follow this conformity business, they'll end up by forcing me, an invisible man, to become white, which is not a color but the lack of one. Must I strive towards colorlessness? But seriously and without snobbery, think of what the world would lose if that should happen. America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain.”
Themes: Identity, Race, Ideology, Memory, Admiration, Power
How many pages?
581
Is this available at Sequoia High School's Library?
Yes
Are there other books like this?
YES!
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Native Son by Richard Wright
What genre is the book?
Fiction, Novel, Social Commentary