n. So, the Protagonist convinces himself that the Dr. Bledsoe and the school is right and goes to New York. The second encounter, in which the Protagonist reveals his fear and not being accepted, is in the Battle Royal. The Battle Royal is a boxing match involving nine other African American boys who have to fight until the last man is standing. The protagonist endures this degrading act as ploy, so that he can be able to read his speech, in the hope of impressing the elite white men of the town. The Protagonist fear of not being looked upon as an uneducated cause him to be the subject of a brutal beating, which knocks him out and torturous electrical shocking. In addition, the Protagonist fear of not being acceptance is his denial of being a "Negro". The Protagonist encounter with Dr. Bledsoe exemplifies his denial. The Protagonist looks up to Dr. Bledsoe as a model of what he wants to be. However, when Dr. Bledsoe called the Protagonist an "educated fool" (Ellison 140) and an Nigger; the Protagonist ignores it because of his denial of being a Nigger, but under normal circumstances a person would get angry and upset. Dr. Bledsoe name is also a play on word, because when he calls the Protagonist a Nigger, he bleeds his people so. Dr. Bledsoe bleeding of the Protagonist shows his disregard for his own people. The Protagonist fears of not being accepted is also evident when he continues to believe that he would get back into the college even after getting kicked out. The third situation that the Protagonist encounters is with Ras the Destroyer. Ras character is one of a total opposite of the Protagonist. Ras's goal is the destruction of the white man. As the Protagonist, enter a brotherhood of both white and black people, he finds himself at odds with Ras, who refuses to have a brotherhood with white people. Although the protagonist is able to avoid any real conflicts with Ras, he is called an "educated fool" (Ellison 292) once again this...