13.-power-dynamics 20th-century 20th-century-literature 5.-coming-of-age african-american african-american-culture african-american-experience african-american-history african-american-identity african-american-literature african-american-protagonist airplanes alienation ambiguity ambition america american-dream american-fiction american-history american-identity american-literature american-literature. american-society art assimilation authenticity autobiographical autobiographical-elements betrayal bildungsroman black-culture black-experience black-identity black-literature black-lives-matter black-power blindness blues brotherhood civil-rights civil-rights-movement class-struggle coming-of-age complexity conformity consciousness corruption cultural-alienation cultural-assimilation cultural-criticism cultural-heritage cultural-identity culture deception dehumanization discrimination disillusionment double-consciousness dreams dystopia ellison empowerment enlightenment equality exile existentialism exploitation facialexpression freedom frustration harlem harlem-renaissance historical-fiction history identity identity-crisis individual-vs-society individualism individuality inequality injustice institutionalized-racism intellectualism invisibility invisibility-cloak invisibility-metaphor invisible invisible-community invisible-identities invisible-identity invisible-man invisible-man-(novel) invisible-protagonist invisible-society isolation jazz jazz-age jazz-music journey leadership literary-fiction literature loneliness loss loss-of-identity manipulation marginalization marginalized marxism modernism narration narrator national-book-award novel oppression perception personal-freedom personal-narrative philosophy political political-movement political-satire politics postmodernism power power-dynamics power-struggle prejudice protagonist protest protest-literature psychology pursuit-of-personal-freedom pursuit-of-self quest quest-for-self-discovery race race-relations racial-discrimination racial-identity racial-inequality racial-injustice racial-oppression racial-prejudice racial-segregation racial-stereotypes racism ralph-ellison rebellion resilience resistance satire search-for-meaning searching-for-identity segregation self-discovery self-empowerment social social-alienation social-class social-commentary social-conformity social-criticism social-equality social-hierarchy social-inequality social-injustice social-invisibility social-isolation social-justice social-mobility social-norms social-protest societal-expectations societal-perception society southern-gothic southern-literature southern-united-states stereotype stereotypes struggle subjugation subversion surrealism survival symbolism the-american-dream the-black-experience truth twentieth-century-america ug1240 underground unseen urban-life white-supremacy wl705 worldwar1airoperations writing-style