Living A Lie In the novel, Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, a character known as the narrator goes through an eye-opening experience where he allows society to destroy his identity. The narrator describes himself as an invisible man living in a displaced world where people do not notice him. He becomes lost within the racial conformities of time affecting his transition to manhood. It forces him to live a life as a lie in a world where he is not honest with himself; insecure about his beliefs; and confused about his identity. Destined to be one of the prominent black men of America, he succumbs to reality by conforming to the views of others. As the novel dev