JAMB Literature in English 2020 Question 21

Question 21

Other Set Texts: Non-African Prose

In Invisible Man, the author's thematic concern is

  1. A.overcoming deception to reach the truth
  2. B.the ability to rise above defeat
  3. C.relationship between the blacks and whites
  4. D.actualising one's dreams
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (overcoming deception to reach the truth)

Explanation

The narrator is deceived repeatedly until he sees through the illusions others impose on him and discovers the truth about himself.