For the free blog I read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison,
chapter one and two. I’ll be completely honest and say that the book is pretty
boring at first. Part of the reason why I may feel that is because I just don’t
like reading in general but maybe it’s also the way the author writes. Either
way I did enjoy it later on. Like most books in my opinion the beginning is
always the hardest part to read. The whole book shows the characters
personality but the first few chapters in specific are when the author focuses
on it the most. Me as the reader is introduce to this “invisible man” who’s
name will never be known. From what I read the main character is a very
gullible person who thinks that as long as you do what you need to do then you
will get far no matter what. I really liked the way he thinks because that’s
actually the mind set I’ve personally been having ever since I can remember.
The bad thing about that mind set in his position is the time period and the
fact that he’s of color. What the main character doesn’t understand is that
people of his kind are not treated the same. In this point of the story the
invisible man is getting ready to go to college with a full provided scholarship.
To get that scholarship he went to
an event where he was mistreated but he still forgives the people who mistreated
him because of his personality and believes.
