There is an entirely new aspect of my question explored in Ellison's the Invisible Man. That is the control of other people and society over one's future. In the novel our unnamed protagonist journeys through life as he attempts to find a path and identity.Therefor battling with the concept of self-identification.  Throughout the novel his identity is usually formed by those around him, an example of this is demonstrated early in the book as he is obsessed with attempting to fill the role of a Whit man also this is displayed at his initiation into the Brotherhood as they literally create his identity giving him a new name. However by the end of the novel our character releases himself of these alien identities he does this by an internal monologue with several notable characters that had been controlling him in which he states "I am through running... 'I'll free myself I said'" (pg 569)

This is an interesting twist on the question I posed because without identifying an Identity is hard to foresee ones future. For me what I perceive is that to be "successful" one has to confirm in the ranks of society but if one ever want to find oneself you have to step out of those ranks. I think the character finds himself when he does that. By a simple notion of eating Yams on the street in an impolite fashion he steps out of the conformity of society and begins to identify himself as he says "I yam what I am." (pg 266)

By the identifying of the protagonist in the novel Invisible Man it is illustrated that one can create their own identity and thus their own future. In this action defying the societal norms by dropping off and becoming "invisible" our protagonist puts his future in his own hands snatching his own future from the grips of fate and society pressures such as major characters Brother Jack an Bledsoe.