Literary devices in Invisible Man

A poet of the Invisible man uses different literary devices to influence the overall mood of the Invisible Man poem. The literary devices on the poem include:

Symbolism, Imagery, and Allegory

In the poem, the literary devices of symbolism, imagery, and allegory are identified through liberty paints, vision and sight, sambo dolls, and the battle royal briefcase (Books, 2016). For instance, liberty paint is first narrator task in the poem. The narrator first task is to paint company with white color. This symbolism brings out the theme of racism in the poem.

Narrator point-of-view

The poem point-of-view is the first person who is the narrator. This literary device helps the readers to feel the narrator story as it is his or her. Thus, this device helps readers understand the narrator perceptions and experience which helps us feel connected to his ideas and thoughts.

Setting

The setting of the poem helps the readers to understand the concepts and theme of the narrator story, thus; portraying perceptions of different places, i.e., north and south. The narrator is born in the south but found himself in New York City where there is much African American culture (Gates, 2016). The narrator highlights the contrast between south and north about race.

Tone

The tone of the narrator is thoughtful and frank. This tone allows the reader to see connect with narrators thought and perceptions easily.

Genre

The author of the poem allows the narrator to grow physically and psychologically. After having different views and opinions on who he is supposed to be, at the end the narrator chooses his own path.

Character

The narrator is most interest character in the poem. The narrator is perceived as fink, unionist a southern Negro, a rapist, a lover, a gambler, a good singer, a reverend and a pimp of which he or she not (Huang, 250). Throughout the poem, the narrator is nameless raising the question, who is he? The answer to this question is the title of the poem: invisible man.

Works Cited

Böckler, Anne, Paul Hömke, and Natalie Sebanz. “Invisible man: Exclusion from shared attention affects gaze behavior and self-reports.” Social Psychological and Personality Science 5.2 (2014): 140-148.

Books, Worth. Summary and Analysis of Invisible Man: Based on the Book by Ralph Ellison. Open Road Media, 2017.

Gates Jr, Henry Louis, ed. Black literature and literary theory. Routledge, 2016.

Huang, Shuchen Susan. “INVISIBLE MAN.” Ethnic American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students (2015): 250.