Throughout Invisible Man a series of events take place, each providing new insight into the racially divided world that Ralph Ellison's main character (he's unnamed) lives in. At the beginning of the book the main character is quite naive. The way the southern white people believe black people should act is the way he believes he should act as well. However, as the novel unfolds the main character undergoes a variety of experiences that shape his way of thinking, and by being privy to his thoughts and feelings the reader also gets to tag along on his journey.
Reading the thoughts and feelings that Ellison's character transitions through while discovering the complexities of his society helps the reader to experience the change in his thinking first hand. The reader, entering the story seeing through a distortion of the truth, slowly starts to see a clearer image as the main character himself starts to see a his world with more clarity.
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