Part one of term paper
In the novel, Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, a character known as the narrator goes through an eye-opening experience where he allows society to destroy his identity. The narrator describes himself as an invisible man living in a displaced world where people do not notice him. He becomes lost within the racial conformities of time affecti ...

Part two of term paper
... uses dishonesty as a means to get what he wants in a world where values have little meaning. His misconstrued virtue helps him cope with himself and society. Determined to believe that they never see his true appearance, he makes up stories about crime and violence. At times, the narrator would even argue with people he did not know to create a world he thought he could live in. He conforms to the mindless games played upon him as a byproduct of his environment. He finds his life misunder ...