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(Basic Paragraph Structure) (TS) The plot is what moves our protagonists story forward as he finds his way in the world. (MP) The battle royal serves as a plot device to the main plot of the protagonist giving his speech. (SS) â€Å"When I got there it was on the occasion of a smoker, and I was told since I was to be there I might as well take part in the battle royal†¦ The battle royal came first.† (Ellison 278). (ES) As a result of his taking part in the battle royal he would be subjected to a naked woman (279 Ellison), electrocution (284 Ellison) and rampant racism (280-285 Ellison). (MP) The main plot of this short story is his journey to give a speech to a group of rich and influential members of the community. (SS) â€Å"I was invited to give†¦show more content†¦(ES) He doesnt know what he wants to do with her perplexed by his inner emotions and feeling as though that only he can protect her from the eyes that surround him. (ES) The white men surrounding them can also be a metaphor for how we feel when we feel this way, looking, and subsequently feeling as though you have done something wrong and not looking and then feeling that temptation arise from within oneself. (ES) She doesnt just affect the protagonist, she also affects societys highest class causing them to go insane over her having given into the vices surrounding them. (MP) The â€Å"gold† coins are symbols of tools used to deceive and lie. (SS) â€Å"But what had excited me, scattered here and there, were the gold pieces.† (Ellison 283) â€Å"I did not even mind when I discovered that the gold pieces I had scrambled for were brass pocket tokens† (Ellison 287).(ES) The brass tokens were simply used to deceive the boys into fighting one another for the pleasure of the white men perversely watching the boys being electrocuted, laughing and enjoying themselves at watching the boys being in pain and desperation.(ES) This was all a lie though to the boys a s the gold coins were actually brass tokens, another way of these white men were appearing to help the boys but in actuality were only helping themselves and causing pain to the black youth. (Basic Paragraph Structure) (TS)Throughout this story multiple themes play at the same