Invisibility

The story opens with the narrator asserting his invisibility. He explains that his invisibility is not as a result of his inexistence but as a result of the refusal of other people to see him or acknowledge his existence because he is black. This is repeated many times in the novel and is made very clear in the prologueA prologue is an introductory section of a literary work that provides background information about the story or characters. It is typically found at the beginning of a book or play,... More which opens with the narrator describing himself as an invisible man.

He is forced to fight in the battle royal just like any other black boy because he is not recognized as having an identity that is different from other