Comparison between the Invisible Man and Brave New World Both Ellison's Invisible Man and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World are political in nature and, at this level , they look completely dissimilar. The Invisible Man attempts to shed light on the social entrapment of black Americans, while Brave New World warns against an overreliance on technology and the amorality it can potentially inspire. On a deeper level, however, both books are also about the individual's status in society, and this is where there is a notable similarity between the two novels. In both The Invisible Man and Brave New World, we see men fighting against societies that devalue their individuality and thus diminish their sense of identity and self-worth. “I've always tried to create characters who were quite outspoken in stating what they thought society should be,” Ellison said in a 1963 interview (Graham and Singh, 85). This statement captures the underlying theme of both novels: that an ideal society is one founded on the ability of individuals to assert themselves freely and without prejudice. A careful examination of both works shows that, although they are very different in many ways, on this level they are very similar. To see this similarity in theme more clearly, we must first remove the layer of political meaning, which is not easy. As previously stated, these are both political novels on the surface, and sixty years of critical commentary that has focused specifically on this level has done little to make an alternative reading any easier: conventional wisdom tells us that the Invisible Man it is a treatise on the state. of Black America, and Brave New World is a cautionary tale about the misuse of technology... at the center of the paper... helps Ellison in an interview shortly before his death, "is that they are individuals with individual vision." (Graham and Singh, 391). It is on the strength of these individuals that our entire society is based. And unlike John, the troubled savage of Brave New World, whose desperation I recognized even as a child peering into a coloring book, the individuals of Invisible Man still have the power to speak up and continue the great cycle of applying their "individual vision" to the tapestry of society. Sources Cited Ellison, Ralph. The Invisible Man. New York, New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited. New York, New York: Harper Collins publishers. Amritjit Singh and Maryemma Graham.