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        <title><![CDATA[What is the significance of the advice given by the narrator's grandfather?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the significance of the advice given by the narrator's grandfather?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The narrator is at first quite honored to find that the superintendent...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The narrator is at first quite honored to find that the superintendent of schools is among the men at the gathering in the hotel. Then when the white men's behavior becomes rude and offensive because of their blatant racism, the narrator is appalled and then disgusted by them. The superintendent is among those who are drunk, and this fact shocks the narrator as well. His view of the community leaders is shattered because the white men behave...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Battle Royal", what does it mean to the narrator to have the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Battle Royal", what does it mean to the narrator to have the superintendent of school at the hotel give his speech?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The narrator and the other black boys involved are lured to the site of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The narrator and the other black boys involved are lured to the site of the Battle with other bait--for instance, the narrator has been told he is there to read his essay/speech which is deemed the best at his school.  He is lured there with the hope of impressing the white audience with his intellect and writing ability and ends up wrestling and wallowing around half-naked on an electrified mat for a few coins.  It is painful and...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Describe how the structure of &quot;Battle Royal&quot; underlies the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Describe how the structure of &quot;Battle Royal&quot; underlies the story's attract on racism.]]></description>
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