Throughout the story, Symbolism is shown not only through the characters but through the setting of which the story takes place. The character is know to be living in the south at the time he whites had power over the blacks. ... The blacks were known to be lower class people, treated unfairly, discriminated for their skin color, and had to fight for their rights as African American people. With the battle royal taking place, the whites enjoyed the entertainment of the black people fighting, hurting their own people, and not caring about how they treated them. ... In the book "C...

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The dream gave the narrator the impression that the Grandfather was being serious no matter what type of setting they were in, which was a setting that is not normally used for somber. ... This represented how everyone can look at him and tell that he is a black person and that is all they will see. The message read, "Keep This Nigger Boy Running" (324). This means that his whole life people would look at him as a black person. ...

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• Grade Level: High School