The Battle Before His Speech

The battle before his Speech

The battle royal was over a speech and why the invisible man put himself through that for a speech, he must be the he wanted to be accepted by the leaders. He knew it was the custom of the town for classmates to fight in the ring. All he had on his mind was the speech when he enters the smoke fill room? He said he was not ashamed of his grandparents for being slaves. So why would he put himself through all that pain and being call names in the ring of Battle Royal just so he could give a speech. Why did he not take a stand? Why would he put himself through the entire name calling after he knew how colors were treated back in those early days? He said that his grandfather was a trouble maker and I thought he was going to take a stand but he didn't

he wanted to be accepted by men of the town who did not care nothing about them. But in the

middle of the story I realize why he did what he did because his grandfather had

said something to his father and I think that stuck in his head. His grandfather said live

with your head in the lion's mouth and I want you to overcome them with yeses, undermine

them with grins and agree with them to death and destruction. His family was more concern over his grandfather last word than over his dying. Were they scare that what he said might

get out. To me he felt that he had to put on a show for the men in that smokes fill

ballroom so he could give his speech. Then he said that he had misgivings over the battle

royal, by the way not the from the distaste for fighting , but he didn't care too much for

the other classmates who were to take part. He was worrying about making his speech so

much that he said that fighting the battle royal might detract him from the dignity of his

speech He looks at himself better than his classmates but they did not care for him at all

So what was his problem with the other classmates when all of them were treated the

same way. Did he think that making the speech was going to make him better?

than? them. When all of them were led out to get into their fighting togs and boxing

gloves and ushered out in that smoke fill ballroom in front of bankers, lawyers, judges,

doctors, and other high official of the town it should have made him wonder was the

speech worth it. He sold his soul for a speech and the other men