The Battle Royal Speech

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In our world, there are people who judge mostly on everything or anyone. Living in a world which people judge on people’s appearance is an unfair judgment towards the person due to the fact of not knowing who that person is. That’s why segregation was a huge part in history during the pasting of the Civil Act of 1964. The definition of segregation is the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment. During the segregation it was basically a battle between the white people and the black people. This battle made it where at the point blacks had their own school and the whites had their own school, so they wouldn’t have to be near each other during this time. The story “Battle Royal” is a story that can relate towards segregation. In the story “Battle …show more content…

The narrator was introduced as “the smartest boy in Greenwood” (274), but as he made his way up to the stage the white citizens gave him an applause and also was laughing at the narrator. His appearance was not the best for making an important speech to some important white citizens, his eye was swollen and throbbing and the cut from his mouth made it difficult for him to speak. Trying to make his speech the crowd was in no interest of hearing what the narrator had to say and at times they would yell out “Louder” just to interrupt his speech. A man from the front row was helpful to the narrator while making his speech, the man told him “we do mean to do right by you, but you’ve got to know your place at all times.” (276). The man making that statement made the narrator realize that he’s not the same as the white citizens because of the color of his skin. After giving his speech, he got an amazing applause from the audience even if they ignore him, but the narrator was given a gift while walking off the stage. The gift was a real leathered brief case with a scholarship to the state college for

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