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1、TheAnalysistotheBattleRoyaPsContentandRhetoricPartI.IntroductionInvisibleManisamilestoneinAmericanliterature,abookthathascontinuedtoengagereaderssinceitsappearancein1952.Thefirstnovelbyanunknownwriter,itremainedonthebestsellerlistforsixteenweeks,wontheNationalBookAwardforfiction,
2、andestablishedRalphEllisonasoneofthekeywritersofthecentury.Whenthestorybegins,theprotagonistisheldoutbythewhitemeninhistownasafinemodeltoforotherblackyoungmentofollow.Hereceivescollegescholarship.Atcollege,hetrieshardtobeagoodstudent,butbecauseofanaccidentalmistake(thatis,amistak
3、eintheviewoftheschoolauthorities)heisexpelledfromschool.Withrecommendationlettersfromtheschoolpresident,hegoestoNewYorkCitytostartanewlife.Strangely,whereverhepresentstheletterofrecommendation,hisapplicationforajobisturneddown.Finally,hefindsoutthatintheletterthepresidentsaysbadt
4、hingsabouthim,warningprospectiveemployersagainhim.Disillusioned,hebeginstolearntobeindependent,andthisprocessisalsooneofthesearchingforself-identify.Throughoutthenovel,theprotagonistiskeptrunning,fromhistermattheSoutherncollegetohisfighttotheNorthintoasequenceofadventuresinNewYor
5、kCity.Finallyheendsuplivinginanundergroundhole.Thereheisabletoliveanundisturbedlifeandmediateaboutthemeaningofhisexperience.Hecomestotherealizationthatheisaninvisiblemanandthatpeoplelikehimarewillfullyignoredbysociety.PartII?TheAnalysistotheWholePassage2.1TheAnalysistotheThemeofP
6、assageIntheChapterOne,thenarrator9sgrandfatherintroducesafurtherelementofmoralandemotionalambiguitytothenovel,contributingtothemodeofquestioningthatdominatesit.WhilethegrandfatherconfessesthathethinkshimselfatraitorforhispolicyofmeeknessinthefaceoftheSouthsenduringraciststructure
7、,thereaderneverlearnswhomthegrandfatherfeelshehasbetrayed:himself,hisfamily,hisancestors,futuregenerations,orperhapshisraceasawholewhilethismoralambiguityarisesfromthegrandfather^refusaltoelaborate,anotherambiguityarisesoutofhisdirectinstructions.Forintheinterestofhisfamily'sself
8、-protection,headvisesthemtomaintaintwoid