Uses various types of metaphors such as “I am the invisible man. No, I'm not a ghost. "(Ellison) The narrator describes himself as invisible which is an example of metaphor, because he used those words to express and give a better idea and the complexity of the pain he felt about the situation. He also used symbolism in the story, such as the briefcase in the "Battle Royale" chapter. The briefcase was a powerful example of symbolism because it was used as a way to show how racism crushed his youthful innocence and made him the person he is. The narrator receives the briefcase as a bright, optimistic teenager ready to enter the world but knows nothing about it and how hard the road ahead is. Opening the briefcase has revealed some of the harsh realities of life that he didn't know before, and he clings to that reality or in other words “to the briefcase” throughout the rest of the novel The memory of him as a vulnerable teenager, the optimism, goals and ambition he had as a child and his desire to please others to achieve success are. what he carried in that briefcase. When he loses the briefcase, he releases those bonds and becomes a new person. In the novel he uses similes such as "Their fist testing the smoke-filled air like the gnarled antennae of hypersensitive snails." (Ellison). He compares the way his fists were in the air to the super sensitivity of snails. In the novel he also uses alliteration such as “Oh, long green stretch of campus. Oh, moon that kissed the bell tower and flooded the fragrant nights, oh trumpet that called in the morning, oh drum that made us march militarily at noon - what was real, what solid, what more than a pleasant time-killing dream? Could it have been real for now if I were invisible now?” (Ellison). Repeats the word "oh" and "what" throughout