Battl Battle Royal Analysis
How does the first paragraph of the story sum up the conflict that the narrator confronts? In what sense is he "invisible"?
Paragraph one was a brief incite on what was to come. The conflict the author faced was the broken identity. As a result, he was motivated to regain his self-identity and not become a victim of the words of others. The narrator's grandfather clearer told him all that he faced and how badly he was treated. The narrator felt invisible because no one as ever seen him for who he truly is despite his educational background he was viewed by the White's as another common black boy. There was just one thing left for them to do is to kill his dream.
How does the battle in the boxing ring and the scramble for money afterward suggest the kind of control whites have over blacks in the story? …show more content…
The white citizens know that an educated black man has power in the mind. However, they didn't want the blacks to feel superior but instead to be enslaved by their own thoughts. As a result, the planned it among themselves that for the narrator to present his graduation speech he had to fight the battle royal blindfolded. The fighting in the boxing ring was symbolic to the whites holding black's captive in the dark. This story proves to us that if you are unaware of who you are someone-else will try to figure out who you are, and that's exactly what the white's were doing they wanted to enslave the black's so that they could be used for their purpose. Additionally, the money being thrown on the ground was symbolic to the blacks position in
Paragraph one was a brief incite on what was to come. The conflict the author faced was the broken identity. As a result, he was motivated to regain his self-identity and not become a victim of the words of others. The narrator's grandfather clearer told him all that he faced and how badly he was treated. The narrator felt invisible because no one as ever seen him for who he truly is despite his educational background he was viewed by the White's as another common black boy. There was just one thing left for them to do is to kill his dream.
How does the battle in the boxing ring and the scramble for money afterward suggest the kind of control whites have over blacks in the story? …show more content…
The white citizens know that an educated black man has power in the mind. However, they didn't want the blacks to feel superior but instead to be enslaved by their own thoughts. As a result, the planned it among themselves that for the narrator to present his graduation speech he had to fight the battle royal blindfolded. The fighting in the boxing ring was symbolic to the whites holding black's captive in the dark. This story proves to us that if you are unaware of who you are someone-else will try to figure out who you are, and that's exactly what the white's were doing they wanted to enslave the black's so that they could be used for their purpose. Additionally, the money being thrown on the ground was symbolic to the blacks position in