Today in class we discussed persona in relation to the prologue of Invisible Man. Ralph Ellison introduces a peculiar character to us in the prologue, unlike any other character any of us had read about before. He's an oddball, full of anger, and so unusual it's very hard to relate to him. We found through discussion that Ellison intentionally created this distance between the reader and the character to give him creative flexibility as to what he makes the character do. This way, there is no predictability in the story. Imogene also suggested that Ellison could be using this character as a way to show the effect of an abuse on a human being. Throughout the prologue, Ellison enforces the idea of invisibility in relation to the estranged character. In doing so he's setting up and allegory or symbol that will become a recurring theme throughout the rest of the book.
The next Scribe is...... (BIG BUILD-UP)
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The infamous TAUS!
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