It is apparent when Ralph Ellison wrote the Battle Royal, he was trying to get many messages across to people. Upon reading the Battle Royal, I feel his messge is saying, that African Americans have to fight for everything they want to achieve in life. They have to fight for their name, their beliefs, and their lives. At the time of the battle there are many different situations that give you as a reader this impression.
             The Battle Royal is an excerpt from Invisible Man. I believe that Ralph Ellison named it the Invisible Man because he felt at this time that African American's were not seen or recognized by the white men. And this is shown in the battle. In the battle when he was fighting he was not recognized by anyone that was their. He was look as like a piece of meat. They used the boys as a show for their enjoyment.
             I feel the boy's grandfather message has as tong significance. The message in the dialog is saying that blacks are at a constant war with the white men. The grandfather wants his son to be friends with the white men and he wants him to realize that everything is not as it appears to be. And at whatever chance the white man gets he will back stab the African American. It is like the saying "keeps your friends close, and your enemies closer". This message from the grand father is a strong unforgetful message through the story. Because is shown threw the story how this message comes to be real. At the battle Ralph Ellison names "bankers, lawyers, judges, doctors, fire chief, teachers and merchants. Even one of the more fashionable pastors."(qtd. in Ellison p.151) He names these people to show that even the most honorable of men, do not like African Americans. The pastor is the most symbolic of the men, he is supposed to preach and carry his message across to people as a leader. He is at a battle were boys are fighting for there lives, and everyone is drunk laughin...