Plan ralph Ellison's Biography Summary of Invisible Man

Ras the Exhorter
Ras the Exhorter is the leader of a revolutionary Black nationalist group. The name Ras means "prince" in the Ethiopian language, and it is pronounced in a way that sounds like the word "race." Ras embodies the violent wings of the early civil rights movements, which make many people uncomfortable. He believes not in cooperation among Blacks and whites but in violent overthrows of white power by Black radicalism. Finally, by the end of the novel, Ras has renamed himself "Ras the Destroyer" and shows up to the riots on a horse with a spear and shield.
Invisible Man's Themes
Invisible Man is an expansive novel, both in its length and in the vast number of themes that it discusses. However, many of its themes can be explained in relation to identity and violence.
Identity and Names
Invisible Man is famous for its exploration of identity, especially in the context of race in the US.
In the narrative frame (the Prologue and Epilogue), the narrator gives himself numerous nicknames and comparisons––Jack-the-Bear, a "tinker-thinker," an orator, a rabble-rouser––all of which refer to him but never signal his "real" identity the way a proper name would. Throughout the novel, the narrator does not give the reader a clue to his given name. Instead, the narrator is given identities by the people in the novel. When he meets Brother Jack and the Brotherhood, Jack gives the narrator an envelope with his "new identity" (Chapter fourteen). In the frame tale, the narrator finally takes the initiative to give himself an identity, and he uses his invisibility to create unity in his identity.
Violence
Invisible Man's most famous scene is the Battle Royale scene in the novel's first chapter. The Black students are blindfolded and told to fight each other for the entertainment of the rich white dignitaries. On the fighting stage, the students are humiliated by being thrown coins and shocked when they try to pick them up. Also, in the factory hospital, the narrator is subjected to the grotesque violence of electroshock treatment given without his consent.
Violence is integral to one of the story's major messages. Ellison represents the violence done to the Black US population as a major feature of the US political system in the form of systemic violence (also known as structural violence). The novel makes a caricature of these types of violence and reveals how they operate.