Sunday, September 30, 2012

Finding your place in society

Finding your place in society
I felt that Invisible Man dealt with the issue of characters finding out their place in society. In Invisible Man the narrator struggled trying to find his place in society. He gets kicked out of college and doesn't know where to go. Eventually he gets recruited by a group  called the brotherhood, that uses him to get what they want. While working for the group the narrator discovers that he has more success working for the group than working alone. When the narrator learns of the brotherhood's deceit he plans to take it down. Things spiral into chaos and the narrator decides that he belongs in a hole, removed from society. Throughout the book the narrator tries to fit into a society that he wasn't made for and in the end removes himself finding his place in society. This happens alot in real life. People don't fit into society no matter how hard they try and eventually they remove themselves or conform to what the society wants them to be. This happens in high school. People try to be part of a group and when they don't fit in they either leave the group or conform. My personal opinion is that we should not conform or just leave society. We should keep trying to find where we fit in society. No one should have to conform or leave the society. Everyone should be allowed to be themselves.

1 comment:

  1. Good discussion of the literature Alan. For future blogs, develop your societal connection a bit more specifically and with more detail. It's just a bit general.

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