ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -While the novel almost always portrays blindness in a negative light, it treats invisibility much more ambiguously. Invisibility can bring disempowerment, but it can also bring freedom and mobility. Indeed, it is the freedom the narrator derives from his anonymity that enables him to tell his story.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chapter 1 narrates events from 20 years before when the narrator was a boy. On his deathbed, the narrator’s grandfather urges him to “keep up the good fight.” He essentially advises the narrator to conform to the white man’s expectations while remaining vigilant and bitter inside.

Detailed explanation-3: -The narrator (the “Invisible Man") A misguided, mis-educated young man whose quest for meaning and identity as a black man in white America leads him into numerous dangerous situations. Although he undoubtedly has a name, he remains nameless and “invisible” throughout the novel.

Detailed explanation-4: -Race and Racism. Identity and Invisibility. Power and Self-Interest. Dreams and the Unconscious. Ambition and Disillusionment.