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Battle Royal Interpretive Essay Battle Royal is a short story that metaphorically address many such issues such as racial discrimination. The Author, Ralph Ellison, uses symbolism such as blindness and the concept of initiation to compare the world to a real life battlefield. Ellison intended to emphasize, both passive and aggressive elements of battle is necessary to achieve the American Dream. There is much symbolism used in the story. The protagonist’s grandfather is a symbol in himself. As

consent form so that the auditory prescriptions could begin. The participant would be asked to sit on any chair in a room which only contained five chairs in a quincunx pattern. Once the participant was seated, I would assist with and confirm the blindfold was working. At this point, they would be told to “please relax, and give me a sign if you feel uncomfortable. I’ll be in the room while the sound is playing, and if you hear any

The Royal Experience: An Analysis of “Battle Royal” The short story “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison characterizes about a well-educated young black male who strives to find his own identity. The protagonist refers to himself as an … “Invisible Man” (Ellison 1). He lives in the deep South where race and gender defined an individual’s equality and right’s. He is invited to read his graduation speech at a private gathering in front of his towns elite white members. The young black man felt honored

that it is not there, thus we wear a blindfold either because we don’t believe that darkness is there or because we are simply too afraid to see ourselves surrounded by it. We need to consider that Kurtz painted this before he went down his dark path, therefore this is a view into his soul before it was touched by darkness. Perhaps the painting represents how he viewed himself: surrounded by darkness but unable to see it because he was blindfolded, and that blindfold was society trying to hide the very

In Chapters, Ceasar and Indiana, there are numerous instances where knowledge was mentioned with freedom. Very few slaves are allowed to have books because knowledge is power. For Ceasar, having his books were important to him because they reminded him of the prospects for freedom. When Royal transported Cora to the railroad, he blindfolded her so the location of the trail remained secret. In these two instances, having intelligence is just as important as being free. In these chapters, a theme

against other African-American men, in order to give his speech. He is “black and blue” however the only thing he can think about is giving his speech. His manhood is stripped away, by him allowing himself to be treated as an animal; however, the blindfold placed over his eyes do not strip him from his

game at the birthday parties I attended prior by adjusting the blindfold in such a way where I could see a little

blindfolded and handcuffed, and then driven out of the camp. When his blindfold is removed, Shin is sitting in the underground camp prison. He insisted that he would never forgive himself for his role in his mother’s death, but that he wanted to talk about how the camp had warped his character. Shin’s teacher tells him that as a reward for good behavior, he can go eat dinner with his mother. Guards arrive at school looking for Shin, blindfold and arrest him, and drive him

his people. I agree with Paula Caudle, Naomi Lancaster, and Andy Stamper Students, University of North Carolina at Pembroke (http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/1914-/lit/ellison.htm) in their analysis of the blindfold in the story. They stated that “the blindfold symbolizes man's inability to see who he is within society and the reality of society.  Another example could be the contrast between

Apparatus The study required the use of 6 beanbags that weighed 125 grams and were 10 centimeters by 10 centimeters by 3 centimeters for the participants to throw. Small cones were needed to make a rectangle that was 1 meter wide and 1.5 meters long. A blindfold was used to cover the participants’ eyes for part of the experiment, and a tape measurer was used to mark off 5.5 meters and 7 meters away from the rectangle and to measure the distance they walked after throwing. Procedure The experiment had the