Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"

I really enjoyed the book the way everything felt as if it were almost thrown in your face and no bushes were beaten around. What I most enjoyed, although I have already commented on this, is how it seems that the narrator is contradictory even to himself. The way he dubs himself the invisible man even though it seems that he makes quite a significant influence on many people in the book. However him hiding in the sewers in a way seems his character because in the racial war that the novel notes upon the narrator never, in my opinion, fights for what he believes rather he attempts to get what he believes via pacifism and hoping for equality for all. Then again looking at the narrator how reliable is he considering it is written in his point of view. In fact looking back even more his antics could have been a lot less grandeur than what we see considering he is obviously a chicken and would rather than hide than die for what he supposedly believes in. Overall I did enjoy the book. I don't know if I would read it again but I thought at least for a first read it was fairly enjoyable; however, I am looking forward to reading some of the other books to come in the class.