Ralph Ellison s Invisible Man describes an unknown name Black man s growth.It also penetrates African American s history of struggling for survival.In the perspective of intertextuality,this paper analyzes the allusions of the historical figures and contexts; it explains the relation between this novel and other texts; it helps to clarify the author s attitude after comparing Blacks survival strategies.The paper argues that intertextualiy,as an important critical method,liberates resets.