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Surname Name Professor Course Date Literature Question One. Invisible Man, published in the socially and politically tumultuous 1940s, is widely regarded as one of the finest books ever written about the African struggle. The problems Ellison so eloquently discusses affect everybody in the contemporary age, including racism and the central question of one's personality, as well as the unsatisfied urge to express oneself in a globe that is figuratively blind. Though Ellison's hero is often ignored by society due to his race, his experiences resonate with anybody who has ever felt faceless in the contemporary age. The point of this article is, therefore, to talk about things found in Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man. The protagonist's grandfather finds treachery appealing because he admits he considers himself a traitor for his strategy of humbleness in the face of the South's unending racist framework. However, the reader isn't ever told whom the granddad believes he has deceived: himself, his household, his forefathers, his grandchildren, or maybe his ethnic background as a whole. This moral dilemma results from the grandpa's failure to provide additional details, whereas another results from his explicit directions. For the sake of his loved ones' safety, he recommends that they play the role of the proverbial good slaves, doing as their previous owners

Surname wish, but keeping their anger and contempt for this false persona hidden. By doing so, the grandpa's offspring can avoid compromising themselves or one another and can stand firm in their refusal to acknowledge second-class citizenship (Sy and Ousseynou, 9). The narrator's acts against the brotherhood lend credence to the grandparent's claim. Realizing that the Brotherhood's administration never gave his efforts much thought, the storyteller eventually turns against them. When the protagonist tries to integrate the colored and white working-class neighborhood in Harlem, he encounters increasing opposition from the Brotherhood, notwithstanding his good intentions (Hill et al., 6). At some point, he finds out that the Brotherhood was instrumental in inciting racial violence that did more to divide than unite Harlem. The narrator comes to realize that his unwavering devotion to the Brotherhood-led him to betray his people. Finally, it's worth noting that the story's unnamed narrator, the Unseen Man, is emblematic of many highly talented African-Americans of his era. His upbringing in the southern part of the state has made him an exceptional academic at a historically black university. He hopes that the institution and the greater Southern culture will help him achieve his goal of racial advancement via self-denial and diligence. His willful delusion gets him into difficulty, and he realizes the absurdity of the school's stated ideology, so he leaves for the true flexibility of New York.

Surname Question Two. "Going to Meet the Man," a short story by James Baldwin, was produced in 1965 under the same title. It tells the narrative of a sleepless night in the life of a racist white policeman officer. The story moves slowly over a limited time frame, blending intricate topics like the Jim Crow South's repressive racial relations into the cop's restless dreams. In the end, "Going to Meet the Man" is a sobering reminder of the extensive damage that residual prejudice continues to cause. In forceful, emotional prose and horrific, explicit sexual violent confrontations, Baldwin conveys this harsh but contemporary reality, which some readers may find unpleasant or disturbing. Therefore, this article will focus on the discrimination and persecution that black Americans face in the United States. Baldwin's central argument in this excerpt is that persecution dehumanizes the perpetrator more than it does the victim. Mitchel's analysis of racial hatred is consistent with this notion. White people believed that African Americans were "an evil that will ruin society" because black males were characterized as rapists who didn't want families and black women were seen as a prostitute who couldn't have children (Akpan and Sinai, 1) Rather, African Americans' civilization is characterized by positivity and a deep sense of togetherness as a consequence of protests against injustice. White tyrants acted on their baser, more violent tendencies, while those who were oppressed did what they could to hold on to their dignity. In terms of religion, the author says, "there is no Heaven for the black and that of the white." He asks multiple questions in his writing in an attempt to prove his thesis. Examples of this may be found throughout "Going to Meet the Man," where the subject of how black and white Christians are different is raised repeatedly. How does God feel about black people? If so, do people of different ethnicities go to different parts of heaven? As the novel progresses,

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Surname Baldwin has a hard time accepting the possibility that the exact Lord white People adore could also love him. This disturbing notion of racial segregation is embedded in a worldview that otherwise speaks for togetherness. This is because the environment we currently inhabit has an impact on the values we hold dearly as spiritual beings (McCracken and David, 213). Finally, it's worth noting that a young, receptive boy can be conditioned into an adult racist in James Baldwin's short novel Getting to Know the Man. Jesse's evolution is driven by factors inherent in his upbringings, such as his propensity for envy and the ensuing animosity, and the apparent normalcy of adopting these views. Jesse is a young fellow who, via racial training, goes from having an acquaintance of African descent to being completely unafraid to commit acts of violence against people of different races. Jesse's upbringing is the most significant factor in his bigotry against African-Americans.

Surname Work cited Sy, Ousseynou. "When ralph ellison unmutes the silences of history in invisible man." International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture 6.2 (2020): 1-11. Hill, Lena M. "Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man:“To Become One, and Yet Many”." A Companion to World Literature (2020): 1-10. Akpan, Sinai. "James Baldwin’s “Going to Meet the Man” and Police Brutality in The United States." XULAneXUS 17.1 (2019): 1. McCracken, David. "Missing the “Moment of Grace” in James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man." The Explicator 76.4 (2018): 212-216.

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