“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to
play in face of certain defeat.” (Ellison, 468)
“I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest. Or when, even as just now I've tried to articulate exactly what I felt to be the truth. No one was satisfied”, (Ellison, 572)
Although not proven to be an overarching theme in the text, I believe a
choice in resignation is a major aspect in the self-proclamation of
invisibility. To plainly "give up" sells a little piece of ones soul,
integrity and psychological stamina each time we concede to the pressures of
expectation and coping with a lack of empathy. There is no consolation prize to
the resignation of our presence but the sad truth that no one is interested.
The hunt for human compassion has likely become a widely more inconclusive
search as we each become more occupied wither preserving truths we choose to
acknowledge; leaving the question: is being invisible a sign of defeat? Today
we have become oddly okay with submission, we are giving up on a humanity that
could care less that you too are equal, have abundant opinions to contest, and
are not too different from you and me because we are for whatever reason
blindly bound to ideological limitations. This case begs the question: why be
seen when they are already too frugal to give the chance to be heard?
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