Invisible Man
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Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Epilogue
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All Themes Race and Racism Identity and Invisibility Power and Self-Interest Dreams and the Unconscious Ambition and Disillusionment
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All Characters The Narrator Dr. Bledsoe Mr. Norton Brother Jack Ras the Exhorter Tod Clifton Rinehart Mary Rambo
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Invisible Man

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Ralph Ellison
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Wallace, David. "Invisible Man." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 16 Sep 2013. Web. 24 Apr 2024.

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