... and emotions related to his "invisibility" and his perception of what it means to be invisible and without a fixed identity. The narrator points out that the fault lies in the beholder and is "A matter of the construction of the inner eyes, those eyes through which they look through their physical eyes upon reality." (Ellison: 7). In the narrator's description of what makes a man invisible, he indirectly refers to certain characters such as Reverend Barbee and Brother Jack, who are portrayed in the novel in connection with blindness, real or imagined, and how this will be a commentary on their inner eye more than a physical illustration. Personality and disposition related to naming of characters, plays an important role in both novels. The "invisible man" comes into contact with other characters and places, where naming is of significance, such as The Golden Day, Brockway, Rinehart and Jim Trueblood. Jim ...

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