Battle Royal By Zora Neale Hurston: Literary Analysis

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Success is determined by somebody’s dedication to strive for their goals and overcome any obstacles preventing them from reaching their full potential and these themes are present in Battle Royal, Dust Tracks on a Track, and If We Must Die. This theme is shown in the short story, Battle Royal by Ralph Ellison. In Battle Royal, the protagonist has to endure through a battle royal in order to deliver his speech. The speech symbolizes the dreams or goals that people may have and the battle royal symbolizes hardships and adversity. This parallels to the real-world where dreams cannot be achieved easily, one must work hard to achieve it. Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston also displays these themes. In the story, Hurston lives in a time

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