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Ralph Ellison Thesis
The narrator is considered a smart, promising young black boy and is rewarded when he presents the graduation address for his school. Even
though he and some other boys were abused as entertainment for the drunken white townsmen, the narrator still presents his speech and is
awarded a briefcase with a college scholarship inside. The tension between how he sees himself and how others see him is apparent when he
delivers his speech. After being taunted to repeat big words, he accidentally says "social equality" instead of "social responsibility". The room
went Hoffman 2 quiet and a man made sure the narrator knew his mistake, "'We mean to do right by you, but you've got to know your place at
all times" (Ellison 31). The narrator's
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Ralph Ellison Thesis

  • 1. Ralph Ellison Thesis The narrator is considered a smart, promising young black boy and is rewarded when he presents the graduation address for his school. Even though he and some other boys were abused as entertainment for the drunken white townsmen, the narrator still presents his speech and is awarded a briefcase with a college scholarship inside. The tension between how he sees himself and how others see him is apparent when he delivers his speech. After being taunted to repeat big words, he accidentally says "social equality" instead of "social responsibility". The room went Hoffman 2 quiet and a man made sure the narrator knew his mistake, "'We mean to do right by you, but you've got to know your place at all times" (Ellison 31). The narrator's Get more content on HelpWriting.net