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very aspect of his life. In 1933, he attended the Tuskegee Institution which was called Tuskegee University at the present. He studied very hard in this institution and won a lot of prize. In 1936, he went to New York City to study carving. At that time, New York City was the cultural and literary center of African-American. Here he made a lot of friends including Richard Wright who gave him a lot of help in his work creation. In 1937, encouraged by Richard Wright Ellison wrote a critical article. Then Ellison began his literary career.
During the years from 1939 to 1944, Ellison published eight short stories among which two excellent stories were Flying Home and King of Bingo. This made Ellison became very famous in literary. As a matter of fact, all of his early writings have pavedthe way for creation of his masterpiece-Invisible Man.
Ellison spent fives on composing the Invisible Man. At that time, WWⅡwas over with the Nazi. However, real freedom, democracy and happiness had never blessed the American people. It is impossible to eliminate the conflicts of American society. On the contrary, literature, art and mentality were greatly influenced by the violence of Nazi Concentration camp and the destructive damage of atomic bomb. And at that time racial conflicts which had been covered by WWⅡnow became exposed more clearly. In the year 1947, there were about 530 persecutions by private measures in America. A group of particularly sensitive intellects felt a sense of crisis which aroused their rethinking and exploration of humanity, its value and meaning. Under this situation, Ellison wrote the work Invisible Man.
In 1952, Invisible Man was published. It was regarded as the revolutionary novel. Also it can be regarded as the epic of reflecting the life of black American. In the following year, Ralph•Ellison won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1969, Ellison won American freedom medal for this book. In 1970, he was awarded Chevalier des Arts et Letters by the French government. In 1985, Ellison won American Art Prize. Also for this book, he won fifteen Honors Degree. He was one of the writers who won a lot of prize.
1.2 The contents of Invisible Man
Invisible Man had won a lot of praise after its being printed. In fact the plot of this book is not very complex. The narrator of this book lived in a small Southern town. For centuries, people in this small town were living a life under discrimination. This made them developed the character of obedience and humility.
In middle school, having delivered a successful speech, he was invited to give this speech before a group of important white men. But first he was forced to attend a "battle royal" with other blacks. In this fighting, the narrator was beaten black and blue and blood was filled in his mouth. But he had to give this speech. For a prize, he got a briefcase containing a scholarship to a black college. During his junior year at the college, the narrator is required to give Mr. Norton, a rich white trustee, a tour of the grounds. He accidentally drove him to a black family where the father impregnated his daughter. Mr. Norton got shocked and he wanted some alcohol. The narrator took him to a local tavern where in fact was a brothel. This let Norton know about the dark aspect of the Negro Community. No doubt, the narrator made a mistake which can not be forgiven. The college president Dr. Bledsoe immediate