Racial Is An Everyday Battle "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison talks about a black boy trapped in a world of cruelty and social inequality with nobody to guide him. ... In the briefcase which was given to him as an award read, "To Whom It May Concern, Keep this Nigger-Boy Running" (Ellison 588). ... He did not understand his grandfather when he referred to " the good fight" (Ellison 578). ... His grandfather said, "Learn it to the younguns" his advice meant to put on a mask when with the whites (Ellison 578). ... Ellison style o...

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The Thoughts of the Grandfather In Ralph Ellison's "Battle Royal" Symbolism is used throughout the story. ... In Ralph Ellison's "Battle Royal" symbolism is used in the narrator's dream of his Grandfather to make him realize what he would have to achieve and strive for to have a successful life. ...

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However, one had to "read between the lines" to truly understand what Ellison was telling his audience. ... Ellison simply stated the facts and allowed you, the reader, to find the truth through your own vision. ... Ralph Ellison allowed these characters to lose their vision so that his audience could gain theirs...

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• Grade Level: High School