Contradiction which has been regarded as a great tradition in American literature is usually represented in a racial problem in this novel. In Invisible Man a negro boy who dreamed a success took a journey into a world which had a social and cultural contradictory heritage. For this the novelist, Ellison devised the counterpoint between a compelling story that is a lot of terrible events and a high degree of artistic elaboration, which cause the reader to be immersed to reflect rather than to react. Therefore, this novel sums up the psychological and cultural effects of segregation in the United States. This is the reason that this novel deserves to be called great. To the hero, who dreams his idea, contradictory reality will boomerang in his face even with his new beginning. Because the cleansing of the American mind is so slow for the hero keeping running. But like the Biblical character, Jonah, surviving to tell the story of all catastrophes, he will try to live out his continuous possibilities, telling about all the catastrophes he experiences.

Contradiction which has been regarded as a great tradition in American literature is usually represented in a racial problem in this novel. In Invisible Man a negro boy who dreamed a success took a journey into a world which had a social and cultural contradictory heritage. For this the novelist, Ellison devised the counterpoint between a compelling story that is a lot of terrible events and a high degree of artistic elaboration, which cause the reader to be immersed to reflect rather than to react. Therefore, this novel sums up the psychological and cultural effects of segregation in the United States. This is the reason that this novel deserves to be called great. To the hero, who dreams his idea, contradictory reality will boomerang in his face even with his new beginning. Because the cleansing of the American mind is so slow for the hero keeping running. But like the Biblical character, Jonah, surviving to tell the story of all catastrophes, he will try to live out his continuous possibilities, telling about all the catastrophes he experiences.

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