Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Invisible_Man_%28Ralph_Ellison%29
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Invisible_Man
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:theatre
gptkb:film
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:graphic_novel
gptkb:book
gptkbp:author gptkb:Ralph_Ellison
gptkbp:awards gptkb:award
gptkbp:critical_reception acclaimed
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:significant
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Author
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Spike_Lee
gptkb:Colson_Whitehead
gptkb:Kanye_West
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:main_character Unnamed narrator
gptkbp:motif gptkb:musical
underground
light and darkness
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person
non-linear
gptkbp:notable_quote I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
The truth is the light and the light is the truth.
I am nobody, but I am somebody.
I am invisible, because I am not seen.
It is a matter of the mind.
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:1952
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Random_House
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Borough
gptkbp:symbolism invisibility
the color orange
the briefcase
gptkbp:themes gptkb:TV_series
gptkb:species
invisibility