If I had to pick one out of the many stories that we have read and say that it moved me the most, I would have to say that the story would have to be 'Battle Royal.' The reason that the story did move me so was because of the author's keens use of symbolism. I intend to prove, using textual evidence, that through the use of symbolism, the author portrays a larger meaning …showed first 75 words of 1026 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1026 total…has to be said for the boys persistence and for black Americans of the time. No matter what hardships the boy endured, he kept his mind on his final goal, the speech that he had to deliver. I believe that this was the mainstream way of thinking of the black Americans of the time. No matter how much they were kept down by the whites, they kept their minds on their final goal, social equality.