Battle Royal compared to the l

Learning From your Elders Experiences your elders can arouse eye-opening experiences is a view that is greatly expressed in both The Lesson, by Toni Cade Bambera, and Battle Royal, by Ralph Ellison. In The Lesson an economic lesson is learned from Miss Moore, while in Battle Royal, a life lesson is learned by the narrator from his grandfather. The narrator in Battle Royal, is a confused young black man who finds himself having to choose …

…In Battle Royal the narrator is willing to do whatever possible to please the white men so that he can give his speech and be heard. In The Lesson the narrator learns responsibility and the value of a dollar, as well as how to spend a dollar responsibly. These changes show the influence an elder figure can have on a person’s life when the parental role is assumed and how greatly it affects them.