The invisible Man is a book with a wide range of themes and ideologies. Personally I feel the most important themes were racism, stereotypes and finding your own identity. Most black literature contains the same themes and messages. For example Langston Hughes poem I, Too. All three themes apply to the poem as well as the story because I, Too, was a poem that discussed overcoming obstacles with a single goal in mind. This coincides with the finding your identity them because in order to overcome something you must get a grasp of your own identity and what you want to do. Racism applies to this poem because although not really stated, it can be insinuated that the obstacles were because of racism, and that due to the color of your skin you would not be afforded the same opportunities, there for making it harder to achieve your goal. And lastly the theme stereotypes could be applied to the poem as well as the story because in Hughes poem he hints at stereotypes by using the conception of a black person and how we mostly ate in the kitchen rather than in the front. Another poem of Hughes that shares the same themes as The Invisible Man was Refugee in America.
Of course even just based of the title it can be assumed that racism was a main theme in this poem due to the author feeling as if he did not belong in his own country that was most likely brought on by a race that felt as if they were superior. The theme of finding your own identity comes into play in the last stanzas as it is seen clear that the author is aware of what is going on in his country and he has a clear sense of how it makes him feel, which is important because that means his is perception of everything going on is clear. And lastly the theme of stereotyping is also in the poem. Although subtle coincides with racism due to as in the story The Invisible Man, some black were held responsible for things that other blacks did which led to people being treated wrong due to something happening that had nothing to do with them but they suffered the consequences together.
Of course even just based of the title it can be assumed that racism was a main theme in this poem due to the author feeling as if he did not belong in his own country that was most likely brought on by a race that felt as if they were superior. The theme of finding your own identity comes into play in the last stanzas as it is seen clear that the author is aware of what is going on in his country and he has a clear sense of how it makes him feel, which is important because that means his is perception of everything going on is clear. And lastly the theme of stereotyping is also in the poem. Although subtle coincides with racism due to as in the story The Invisible Man, some black were held responsible for things that other blacks did which led to people being treated wrong due to something happening that had nothing to do with them but they suffered the consequences together.
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