Tod Clifton
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Tod Clifton is a charismatic yet tragic young Black activist in Ralph Ellison’s novel "Invisible Man," whose disillusionment and death powerfully expose the novel’s themes of racial injustice and lost idealism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tod Clifton canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Invisible Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Bildungsroman
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social commentary novel ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
betrayal by political organizations
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invisibility of Black lives ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | police shooting ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
charismatic
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idealistic ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| creator | Ralph Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| death | shot by a white policeman ⓘ |
| deathSignificance |
reveals hypocrisy of Brotherhood
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sparks protest funeral ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Invisible Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | African American literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | violent death ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for narrator’s disillusionment
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exposes racial injustice ⓘ illustrates lost idealism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | activist ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| race | Black ⓘ |
| relationshipToNarrator |
admired by the narrator
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colleague in the Brotherhood ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
political activist
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supporting character ⓘ |
| setting | Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism |
commodification of Black bodies
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lost Black radical idealism ⓘ victim of systemic racism ⓘ |
| theme |
disillusionment
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exploitation ⓘ identity ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
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