When the protagonist of "battle royal" is invited to give his graduation speech to "a gathering of the town’s leading white citizens," he is invited to take part in a "battle royal" before he speaks. why does he object to fighting?

The best answer to the question: Why does he (the protagonist of the Battle Royal in "Invisible Man") object to fighting? would be: He does not wish to distract his white attendees´attention from the speech he is about to deliver.

Explanation:

"Invisible Man" is a novel that was written by author Ralph Ellison and which was published originally in 1952. Essentially, the story of the novel deals with the effects of racism, and the effects of it, on the narrator of the story, an unnamed black person, as he goes from believing himself to be invisible to the world due to his race, to becoming an active person as the recounts of his past remind him that he does not need to hide from the world. Most of the story, thus, goes to show the reader the story behind this "invisbile man" and how events of that life transform him. Another thing that we learn is how this unnamed narrator goes from being a supporter of black movements in the U.S, especially in New York, to realizing that such fanaticsism is not necessary for him to be known to the world. One thing that does happen in the story is that in the beginning, the narrator graduates from high school and receives a scholarship to an all-black college. However, before he receives the award, he has to engage in an activity that is known as a "Battle Royal" to entertain white dignitaries in his town, to which he refuses because he does not want people to pay more attention to the unseemley brutal display, than to his speech.

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explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)