9L English HW 2

Study Questions for “Battle Royal” – complete for 3/6/14

1.      Symbolism plays a key role in “Battle Royal” and helps illustrate and comment on the story’s meaning.

a.       Identify three elements from the story that you feel might function as symbols.

b.      Focus on one of these symbols and analyze it. What might it represent and mean in context of the rest of the story?

2.      What might be the central idea or meaning of this story (its theme)? Connect your analysis to our previous discussion on the symbolism that Ellison uses.