The initiation theme of Invisible Man
Abstract
Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is an initiation story. The novel is about a story in which a black young man struggles in the society until he discovers his invisibility since people around refuse him. This thesis attempts to explore the initiation theme and to reveal the process of the protagonist from innocence to maturity. The first part is about the protagonist’s confusion, in which the protagonist expresses his confusion of self and the blacks’ social status. The second part is his initiation under the mentors. The positive mentors include his grandfather, the vet and Mary Rambo, and the negative mentor: Dr. Bledsoe. With the help and advice the mentors give, the protagonist gets some new knowledge. Through his experience, he becomes more and more mature. The third part is epiphany. Through the epiphany he gets in the hospital and from Tod’s death, he realizes that he is invisible in the white-dominated society. The conclusion shows that the protagonist succeeds in growing up from innocence to maturity.
Key Words: Ralph Ellison; Invisible Man; confusion; initiation; epiphany
摘 要
拉爾夫•埃裡森的《看不見的人》是1部典型的成長小說。它講述了1個黑人青年不斷奮鬥並4處碰壁的故事。這篇論文試圖分3個部分來探討它的成長主題並揭示主人公從無知到成熟的成長過程。第1部分是主人公的困惑，主人公由於無知表現出對自我和對黑人社會狀況的困惑，這些困惑也就成了他成長的動力。第2部分是主人公在1些正面或反面的.人物的影響下的成長，通過他自己的1些親身經歷以及1些引路人的引導和幫助，主人公慢慢地走向成熟。第3部分是頓悟，通過他在醫院以及託德的死的頓悟，他認識到了他自己以及所有黑人在白人社會中的不可見性並最終導致他生活在地下成為別人所看不見的人。本文的3個部分實際上就是主人公的1個成長全過程，通過這樣1個過程他成功地由無知變得成熟。
關鍵詞: 拉爾夫•埃裡森、《看不見的人》、困惑、成長、頓悟
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