Ralph Ellison Battle Royal Summary

In Ralph Ellison’s short fiction “Battle Royal” the narrator makes a speech at his graduation and is asked to come give it at a gathering of the town’s important white people. What he doesn’t know is he is to partake in the Battle Royal. Ralph Ellison is a man of color. He wrote and published essays. As well as taught at various colleges. The narrator in the story is of color and is a good speaker. Everybody wants to live the “American Dream”, but it itself is a concept based off of people's’ false ideas. People want to live this great life they imagine, but it’s unrealistic. The story begins with the narrator talking about his grandfather’s last words and he gives a speech at his high school graduation. The narrator is invited to come give