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Considered one of the most important novels not only of the modern period but also of all time, it has been heralded for its portrayal of the horrific atrocities of racism and the rampant repression of African-American culture in post-Reconstruction South and New York City. [[RuleOfSymbolism Has been noted for its excessive use of symbolism.]]
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* DarkMessiah: Ras the Exhorter, later known as Ras [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Destroyer]] is almost a deconstruction of this--he thinks he's a grand leader, but he's really just a fat, absurd fellow whom the {{Powers That Be}} have no trouble manipulating.
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* DarkMessiah: Ras the Exhorter, later known as Ras [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Destroyer]] Destroyer]], is almost a deconstruction of this--he thinks he's a grand leader, but he's really just a fat, absurd fellow whom the {{Powers That Be}} have no trouble manipulating.
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* GainaxEnding: In the final scene of the final numbered chapter of the novel, after witnessing a horrific scene of a race riot virtually reducing his native Harlem to a hellscape with roving gangs of looters, riot police, and a very insane Ras the Destroyer,]] the protagonist slips into a dream state in which he sees [[spoiler: the other characters who most notably influenced him throughout the novel [[GroinAttack castrating]] him, which he treats as a form of spiritual enlightenment. Nowhere else in the text does anything this out there ever happen.
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* TheDitz: Trueblood is duller than a sack of hammers, which is the only explanation possible for ''accidentally'' raping your daughter. The narrator is this to a lesser extent, but is more naive than ditzy.
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* TheDitz: Trueblood is duller than a sack of hammers, which is the only explanation possible for ''accidentally'' raping your daughter.daughter (then recount the story in all of its gory details to a complete stranger). The narrator is this to a lesser extent, but is more naive than ditzy.
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* BrokenAesop: Intentionally; Ellison thought there was something deeply wrong in society, but had no idea what to do to fix it.
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* TheChessmaster: Both [[spoiler: Bledsoe and Brother Jack]] qualify. Each is also a VillainWithGoodPublicity.
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* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler: By the end/beginning, the protagonist is siphoning electricity just so that he can turn on a bunch of scavenged lights to feel good, and taking full advantage of his "invisibility."]]
* DumbassNoMore: The end/beginning.
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: The racial divide.
* EvilAllAlong: Practically everyone the narrator interacts with, but most notably [[spoiler: Dr. Bledsoe and Brother Jack.]]
* FlatWhat: The main character's mental response to [[spoiler: Todd Cliffton's]] Sambo dolls.
* GainaxEnding: In the final scene of the final numbered chapter of the novel, after witnessing [[spoiler: a horrific scene of a race riot virtually reducing his native Harlem to a hellscape with roving gangs of looters, riot police, and a very insane Ras the Destroyer,]] the protagonist slips into a dream state in which he sees [[spoiler: the other characters who most notably influenced him throughout the novel [[GroinAttack castrating]] him, which he treats as a form of spiritual enlightenment.]] Nowhere else in the text does anything this out there ever happen.
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* GroinAttack: Near the end of the book, the narrator has a dream where [[spoiler: Dr. Bledsoe, Brother Jack, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Norton, Ras, and the Founder]] castrate him.
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* PathOfInspiration: [[spoiler:If it's possible to have a secular one, the Brotherhood is this in spades. Even the lower-ranking officials don't realize just how much the organization focuses on gaining power, and how little its highest-ranking members really care about helping the poor and downtrodden.]]
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* TakeThat: To Horatio Alger, among others.
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* StrawHypocrite: If it's possible to have a secular one, the Brotherhood is this in spades. Even the lower-ranking officials don't realize just how much the organization focuses on gaining power, and how little its highest-ranking members really care about helping the poor and downtrodden.
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%%* TheStrategist: Amazingly enough, the mainJust about every character can manage and organization in the book is a bitingly satirical echo of some feature of Ellison's real life experiences.
** The university's mythical Founder is a double-whammy, a send up of Horatio Alger's optimistic "self-made-man" stories and of Booker T. Washington. Dr. Bledsoe is thisdespite being an idiot to a lesser extent, but reflects a more general swipe at the administrators of Black colleges, particularly the Tuskegee Institute -- founded by Washington -- which Ellison attended.
** The Brotherhood is a very unflattering reference to the American Communist Party, particularly their decision to abandon the struggle for race equality in favor of getting America into World War II -- a decision which, not coincidentally, occurred when the Soviet Union was invaded by Nazi Germany -- which disillusioned mostrespects.of its Black membership, including Ellison himself.
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** The university's mythical Founder is a double-whammy, a send up of Horatio Alger's optimistic "self-made-man" stories and of Booker T. Washington. Dr. Bledsoe is this
** The Brotherhood is a very unflattering reference to the American Communist Party, particularly their decision to abandon the struggle for race equality in favor of getting America into World War II -- a decision which, not coincidentally, occurred when the Soviet Union was invaded by Nazi Germany -- which disillusioned most
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* GroinAttack: Near the end of the book, the narrator has a dream where [[spoiler: Dr. Bledsoe, Brother Jack, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Norton, Ras, and the Founder]] castrate him.
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The first and only completed novel by the critic and reviewer Ralph Ellison, published in 1952 and extremely popular ever since. since.
The plot revolves around a young black man who is determined to rise to a position of influence, but is ignorant of the amount of lying and scheming that will take. As he bounces from one situation to another in search of power, he both hears the words and witnesses the actions of various people and groups who're manipulating the racialdivide.
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It is considered one of the most important novels not only of the modern period but also of all time. It has been heralded for its portrayal of the horrific atrocities of racism and the rampant repression of African-American culture in post-Reconstruction South and New York City. [[RuleOfSymbolism Has been noted for it's excessive use of symbolism.]]
The plot revolves around a young black man who is determined to rise to a position of influence, but is ignorant of the amount of lying and scheming that will take. As he bounces from one situation to another in search of power, he both hears the words and witnesses the actions of various people and groups who're manipulating the racial
It is considered one of the most important novels not only of the modern period but also of all time. It has been heralded for its portrayal of the horrific atrocities of racism and the rampant repression of African-American culture in post-Reconstruction South and New York City. [[RuleOfSymbolism Has been noted for it's excessive use of symbolism.]]
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* GainaxEnding: In the final scene of the final numbered chapter of the novel, after witnessing [[spoiler: a horrific scene of a race riot virtually reducing his native Harlem to a hellscape with roving gangs of looters, riot police, and a very insane Ras the Destroyer,]] the protagonist slips into a dream state in which he sees [[spoiler: the other characters who most notably influenced him throughout the novel castrating [[GroinAttack castrating]] him, which he treats as a form of spiritual enlightenment.]] Nowhere else in the text does anything this out there ever happen.
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* BarBrawl: In this universe, the requirement to get into college, if you're black, is beating the shit out of other black men under the amused eye of white sponsors.
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Battle Royales actually happened
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* AlternateUniverse: Noted to resemble 40s-60s America, but heavily distorted and stuffed with metaphors to be different enough, such as: in order to get an education black people have to beat the tar out of each other for the upper white class's amusement.
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* AlternateUniverse: Noted to resemble 40s-60s America, but heavily distorted and stuffed with metaphors to be different enough, such as the requirement of getting as: in order to get an education if black is beating people have to beat the tar out of each other for the upper white class's amusement.
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* CharacterFilibuster: the main character leads political rallies, so this is kind of [[JustifiedTrope a given]].
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* LoveFreak: The main character fluctuates between this and TheMessiah, but is ultimately more the former than the latter. Also something of a {{Pollyanna}} and a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, and has elements of {{The Fool}}, but he's more of a {{Butt Monkey}} than that makes him sound. We might as well call him an {{Idiot Hero}}, too. Need it be stated that he's a {{Wide Eyed Idealist}}?
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* LoveFreak: The main character fluctuates between this and TheMessiah, messiah, but is ultimately more the former than the latter. Also something of a {{Pollyanna}} and a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, and has elements of {{The Fool}}, but he's more of a {{Butt Monkey}} than that makes him sound. We might as well call him an {{Idiot Hero}}, too. Need it be stated that he's a {{Wide Eyed Idealist}}?
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