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The Grandfather's Riddle in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"
Trimmer, Joseph F.
Black American Literature Forum, 12, 2, 46-50, Sum 78
Discusses the riddle posed by the dying grandfather of the narrator in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" in terms of its language, the way it functions in the narrative, and the way in which an understanding of its solutions provides an important key to the novel. (GW)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Black Literature, Characterization, Fiction, Literary Criticism, United States Literature
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