Theme 1: Betrayal of ones self
The protagonist is constantly trying to be someone that he’s not. He wants to be white and is persistently distancing himself from his own people. He is ashamed of what his people do and act like. The protaganist in this book is also constantly struggling with himself. In his betrayal of himself, he also starts to find himself. He is trying to be a different person but loses what he identified himself as and gains a slight insight into what hes aiming to be.
Theme 2: Invisibility
The main character believes himself to be invisible. This all stems from his grandfather saying that one needs to keep their head down in order to succeed with white people. The theme of invisibility also says that in general, whites don’t see blacks as individuals. They see them as just another black and therefore the main character can be invisible and melt into the crowd.
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