A3 Background & Theme: Summary: Character analysis: Speaker: Invisible Man
Writing Background 1. Survival Background生存背景 Due to the geographical factors, growing up in a relatively relaxed environment of racial discrimination , he didn't put the white racial discrimination against black people as the main contradiction of the society, so all of his writing activities were not to opposing and criticizing the white people. On the other hand ,to a certain extent, it is a default and inheritance of the traditional culture, which was dominated by white due to the need of social existence, he cried out to the patriots. abroad and domestic After world war two, the political situation of American and abroad intensified the racial conflicts . Meanwhile, the change of the economic foundation was also stimulated the desires of black people to break through the traditional white culture. Theme basic theme : An objective reflection of the blacks in American society in the early years of the 20th C living conditions, revealing that the racial discrimination is deeply ingrained in American society, and the subject nature from black to white important theme: Exposes the alienation of the blacks in the United States, when they were trying their best to find the self values. This work inherited the themes of traditional Black Fictions--racial discrimination and the process of searching self value, meanwhile giving the Black fictions new meanings. Summary Summary The main protagonist of this novel was a poor black teenager who was born in the south of America, with no name. He was longing for the fame and wealth, so he tried his best to study and he dreamed that one day he would get into the upper class. Because of his excellent performance, he was mended to a negro college after graduating from high school. One day, he infuriated one of the director of the school when he received him, and he was kicked out of the college
