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BattleRoyal;or,TheInvisibleManRalphEllisonOnlineInformationFortheonlineversionofBookRags'BattleRoyal;or,TheInvisibleManPremiumStudyGuide,includingcompletecopyrightinformation,pleasevisit:−invisibleman2/CopyrightInformation©2000−2005BookRags,Inc.ALLRIGHTSRESERVED.ThefollowingsectionsofthisBookRagsPremiumStudyGuideisoffprintfromGale'sForStudentsSeries:PresentingAnalysis,Context,andCriticismonCommonlyStudiedWorks:Introduction,AuthorBiography,PlotSummary,Characters,Themes,Style,HistoricalContext,CriticalOverview,CriticismandCriticalEssays,MediaAdaptations,TopicsforFurtherStudy,Compare&Contrast,WhatDoIReadNext?,ForFurtherStudy,andSources.©1998−2002;©2002byGale.GaleisanimprintofTheGaleGroup,Inc.,adivisionofThomsonLearning,Inc.GaleandDesign®andThomsonLearningaretrademarksusedhereinunderlicense.Thefollowingsections,iftheyexist,areoffprintfromBeacham'sEncyclopediaofPopularFiction:SocialConcerns,ThematicOverview,Techniques,LiteraryPrecedents,KeyQuestions,RelatedTitles,Adaptations,RelatedWebSites.©1994−2005,byWaltonBeacham.Thefollowingsections,iftheyexist,areoffprintfromBeacham'sGuidetoLiteratureforYoungAdults:AbouttheAuthor,Overview,Setting,LiteraryQualities,SocialSensitivity,TopicsforDiscussion,IdeasforReportsandPapers.©1994−2005,byWaltonBeacham.AllothersectionsinthisLiteratureStudyGuideareownedandcopywrittenbyBookRags,Inc.Nopartofthisworkcoveredbythecopyrighthereonmaybereproducedorusedinanyformorbyanymeansgraphic,electronic,ormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,taping,Webdistributionorinformationstorageretrievalsystemswithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.TableofContentsIntroduction...................................................................................................................1AuthorBiography.........................................................................................................2PlotSummary................................................................................................................4Summary........................................................................................................................8Analysis........................................................................................................................12Characters....................................................................................................................16BlondeWhoStripsAndIsChasedByTheAudience........................................16ClassmatesAtTheSmoker.................................................................................16Mr.Colcord.........................................................................................................16M.C.....................................................................................................................17Narrator’sGrandfather........................................................................................17TheSchoolSuperintendent.................................................................................17SmallDryMustachedMan.................................................................................18Tatlock................................................................................................................18Themes.........................................................................................................................19Racism................................................................................................................19AlienationandLonelinessofGrowingintoAdulthood.....................................19TheAmericanDream.........................................................................................20PoweroftheIndividual......................................................................................20Style..............................................................................................................................22PointofViewandNarration...............................................................................22Setting.................................................................................................................22iTableofContentsStyleSymbolandImages.............................................................................................23Structure..............................................................................................................24HistoricalContext.......................................................................................................25Slavery,ReconstructionandPlessyv.Ferguson(1896)....................................25AfricanAmericanResistanceandLeadership:BookerT.WashingtonandW.E.B.DuBois................................................................................................26ThePhilosophyofRalphWaldoEmerson.........................................................28NamingRacialCategories..................................................................................28CivilRigh