Battle_Royal

Battle Royal If a person were to ponder the many choices they have made throughout their lives, one question would be repetitive in their thought: was it free will, or fate' In many instances, people conclude that it was their free will that determined their fate. Others conclude that fate is predetermined no matter what you do. In Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, it seems that, no matter how hard the young African American boy, Ralph, tries or attempts, it appears that the status of his life has already been determined. Throughout the story, there are three significant symbols that show us his life is predetermined. The first symbol appears in the form of a blindfold. Ralph is asked to go to a grand hotel to give a speech to all of the town’s big shot white men. However, something else is in store for him. Upon his arrival, he is soon taken out of his clothes and put into a fighting tog. He is then put into a ring with many other boys for a free for all fight. However, the boys are blindfolded, taking away their sight, the most essential sense in a fight. battle, royal, ralph, white, men, speech, life, fate, symbol, sir, however, free, choice, world, scholarship, said, one, boy, away, while, wanted, utterly, upon, ultimately, think, taken, sure, store, status, something, show, seems, reality, put