Invisible Man created by Ralph Ellison mainly discusses the protagonist’s identity issue and this paper focuses on one of his imposed identity as a modern running slave to disclose the oppression suffered by modern black people and the progress they make in self-identity quest. Invisible Man created by Ralph Ellison mainly discusses the protagonist’s identity issue and this paper issue on one of his imposed identity as a modern running slave to disclose the oppression substantially by modern black people and the progress they make in self-identity quest.