The Five Main Characters In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Written by Ralph Ellison, was published in !952. There are five main characters in the Invisible Man . Tod Clifton is the young expressives brother assigned as Harlem’s Youth Leader. Ras the Exhorter is from the West Indies and he’s a black nationalist and is strongly opposed to brotherhood activities. Brother Jack is a main character that writes the narrator a introductory letter into the brotherhood. Rinehart is one of those characters that’s never introduced into the flesh, but is only known to the readers and narrator because of reputation. The story is told in first person point of view by the narrator who is known as the “Invisible Man” he goes by this name because he feels as if no one listens to him like if he were invisible. The narrator writes excellent speeches about the humility of black progress. His speeches end up landing him a nice briefcase and a scholarship to a black college. With in the briefcase there is a letter he was to give to the school committee. The letter was suppose to give him an …show more content…
Where this book was banned was in North Carolina high schools. Why, parents were the one who made it possible for the book to get banned.(articles) They wrote letters stating that they could find the literature value in the book. They sent these letters to the school board in 1980-1982.(BizzareLetters) Other letters were sent to school boards, one was a 12 page complaint saying the book was inappropriate for its lack of innocence because it’s language and sexual content.Other parents wrote about the racial conflicts in the book. School committees were forced to take action. School boards across North Carolina plotted against the book. They used the parents’ perspective instead of the students themselves because most parents think their children aren’t mature enough to hand a little language and violence. Other parents wrote about the racial conflicts in the