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  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.