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The Royal Battle is core in the novel , Ellison projects the negativity how blacks undergo racial challenges in the hands of white Superiority during racial division in America .<\/p>\n
\u00a0The battle royal is a brutal rite of passage that thrusts the na\u00efve narrator into a violent, chaotic world where the rules that govern a society do not apply (there are “no rounds [and] no bells at three-minute intervals”). By participating in the battle royal, the narrator learns that life is a struggle for survival, but at this point he still believes in the philosophy of Booker T. Washington: that blacks can achieve success through education and industry.<\/p>\n
Symbolically, the scene introduces the theme of struggle among blacks for an elusive prize that often remains out of reach.<\/p>\n
The battle royal symbolizes the social and political power struggle depicted throughout the novel. Central to this struggle are the issues of race, class, and , three concepts the narrator must come to terms with before he can acknowledge and accept his identity as a black man in white America.<\/p>\n
To underscore his message that blacks forced to live in a segregated society are denied their human rights, Ellison uses two powerful symbolic elements: the white blindfolds and the brass tokens.<\/p>\n
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The white blindfolds symbolize the narrator’s being “blinded by the white.” Inundated by white racist propaganda concerning the inferiority of blacks, the narrator begins to internalize these destructive messages, no longer seeing the truth.<\/p>\n
Made of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, the tokens consist of a combination of two pure elements, symbolizing the role of black Americans, who represent a blend of African and American\/black and white cultures.<\/p>\n
Because none of the boys can afford to buy the cars advertised, the tokens underscore the economic inequity between blacks and whites. The tokens also suggest the worthless, empty gesture inherent in tokenism \u2014 the practice of a select few blacks into white society without granting all blacks social equality as well as social responsibility.<\/p>\n
CREDIT:S.A.Kingsley.<\/p>\n
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