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in reason to make the hero become an invisible man. Under this environment and this white man dominated society, the black had no right and no freedom. They could not do what they wanted to do and they could not be themselves truly. The white American were dominating the society. So the black man obeyed the rules stipulated by the white people. In this society, the white men were the lord. Until the racial discrimination and racial depression eliminated, the black could be seen and could be themselves freely.
3.2 Self-Loss of the hero
In invisible man the hero was invisible to the American society. His invisibility was not because he had super power but because he had lost himself. He could not be the person who he was. Many black people believed a jock on themselves that they were too black to be seen in the dark night. But in brief analyzing and thinking, it was the self-loss that caused the hero can not be seen as the equal man in the world.
The name was the basic culture mark of an individual. The hero in Invisible Man had no name. This had deep meaning in the American society. It meant all the black men in American; also it meant that the hero had no identity. But the way he found himself was so particular. All his life he had been looking for something, and everywhere he turned someone tried to tell him what it was. He was looking for himself. He asked all the people around him who he was rather than asked himself who he was. He had lost himself except his knowing. He feltthe world was opposite to him and the world had abandoned him. He was just a black American from the south part with no identity. The white man treated him as a tool and regarded him as an invisible man.
His being at loss came from his young age and innocence and his rejection to his national culture. As a wise man, his grandpa symboled the weathered history. The last words before his death reflected the true life of American. Their life was like a war, you should be strong in the danger. Maybe the world was not equal to everyone, but you needed to be yourself and to fight with the white American to get your right and position. If the hero had understood the deep meaning of his grandfather's world, he would not think his grandfather's laugh was meaningless.
Like all the American people, the hero thought if he had worked hard he would achieve success and would own high society position. But he had not known that what he would pay off was his dignity. He also did not know in this white-man dominated society, to achieve his dream is beyond reach. His losing himself came from his ignorance and rejection to his national culture. He admired Bledso the present of the college, who was a black but had got power and higher society position. The hero in fact did not know Bledso how to get this. As a black man, in order to get higher position and to get admiration from the white man and the black man, Bledso attempted to betray the white man and the black man. In front of the white American, Bledso behaved him humbly and loosed his dignity. In front of the black man, Bledso did not know he was also black. He thought he was in upper class compared with the black. His body was black truly, but his soul had been turned to be white. His soul had been separated from his body and never would be joined together. The hero in this novel was admired Bledso the present of a black college. He had lost himself not only his name but also his