is the
first chapter of the acclaimed novel The by . The narrator, now a 40 year
old man, looks back at his high school graduation speech that was given to acclaim. This
incident has haunted him for all of his adult life.
The narrator is asked
to repeat his speech at a meeting of the towns well-to-do white men. By the time, the narrator
arrives at the meeting, most of the white men have already had too much to drink. Extremely
nervous, the main character has to go through a night of hell before he actually performs his
speech.
Several boys have been asked to compete in the
Battle Royal. The young men are blindfolded
and taken into a large area in front of the white men. The narrator and the others are to
eliminate the other contestants anyway they can. The last two standing will fight until the
other one has been defeated. The narrator is one of the last two, but is soundly beaten by a
much larger boy.
The white men have...
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