The Pre-Reading Of The Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison

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Many times in the past, prior to reading a book, novel, or any work of art i would not prepare myself correctly using the concept of pre-reading. Pre-reading greatly fits the literacy criteria of reading; it allows a reader to think about what they already know about a given work of literature/topic and make predictions on them. Throughout the year of world literature, as a class we always thoroughly investigated works of literature in preparation to beginning them. The pre-reading of the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison substantially aided my approach to reading the novel.
The Invisible Man is a very complex novel which requires much prior knowledge of the early 1900s. The novel consists of much figurative language and allusions that require
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