Research Paper on:
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Communism

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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. He is also seeking answers through what appears to be communism as well. In this  search, which often sees the narrator as blind, 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. 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. In the following paper we address how the narrator went through the novel in blindness,  and illustrate how that also incorporates the reality of self-denial and lack of, as well as need for, social responsibility. Interestingly enough, his search for his place, his level of  involvement in his society, brings into play Ellisons perceptions of communism, in the search for identity and social responsibility. This is seen through the group known as the Brotherhood in  the novel. In the following paper we present an examination of the narrators need to find meaning, as well as finding his own social responsibility, with the help of the  Brotherhood. In examining this perspective we gain an understanding of Ellisons views concerning communism. The Invisible Man "In the novel, Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison portrays the lonely and