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By Anonymous - April 26, 2002

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How can a commonplace item such as food entail such profound meanings? How can the incorporation of symbols dealing with food into a novel discussing personal identity and invisibility be possible? Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man, manages not only to integrate food symbols into the plot, but also infuses them with significant connotations. One…

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