The novel is perfectly suited for a wide audience. When he writes his intentionally insulting lampoonish satire, Stagg R. This motif points to the way culture misidentifies black people as automatically "other." Instead of wanting to hear about human nature, the audience wants to hear about "life in the streets." The horror of victory Leigh," a homophone for Stagger Lee, an important American folk song with similar themes as "Fuck." He even agrees to do interviews wearing his pseudonym as his identity. Not only does Monk rename his opus "Fuck," from "My Pathology," but he also forbids the novel from bearing his own name. In an act of defiance, he writes a book exposing the racist subtexts that shroud true art by labeling it "black art." He ends up changing its name to "Fuck," suggesting that he despises it as vulgar and profane.
Instead of selling the novels that Ellison had been writing, the agent encouraged him to write something more "black," more "urban." In other words, the agent pigeon-holed him into the "black artist" role. This lampoon was designed to expose a racist literary agent of their prejudiced expectations.
Together, the names are this protagonist's name, "Thelonious Monk Ellison." He pulls a prank on his agent writing a lampoonish "black" novel, but accidentally does too well and attains national acclaim for a book that was intended as satire but received in earnest. Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man, and was clearly a genius himself. Thelonious Monk is a famous jazz pianist and a true genius in the most literal sense. The names point to the man's artistic genius.
Because of the novel's emphasis on identity and self, the names are especially poignant. The protagonist in this novel has a unique and insightful name. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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