Part one of term paper
Ralph Ellison’s shows the conflict or struggle of one man versus an entire society. The most important section of this novel is that in which the narrator joins “the Brotherhood”, an organization designed to improve the condition under which his race is at the time. This section is the most important because the narrator matures menta ...

Part two of term paper
... who gives the narrator the chain link he broke nineteen years earlier, while freeing himself from being imprisoned. Brother Tarp's imprisonment was for standing up to a white man. He was punished for his defiance and attempt to assert his individuality. Imprisonment made him similar to the invisible man: he lost part of his identity, However, he regained it by escaping and making a name for himself in the Brotherhood. The chain becomes a symbol between the narrator and Brother Tarp becaus ...