The first underlying meaning that I came across in the story “I Never Learned Their Names” was the personal issues that Ellison dealt with in his life. The main two issues that I saw Ellison dealing with was that he was a black man when racism was a major part of the life style, and also his problem that he had with money.

Ralph being a black person was the first personal issue that I noticed. In the second paragraph of this story he writes that his buddy “got quite a kick out of having a Negro for a buddy. Why should it matter if somebody has a black friend, white

The second personal issue that I felt that Ellison had to deal with was his lack of money, which also derives from his childhood. His mother passed away and he and his brother were left with little money. In the story he has been traveling around trying to find work, so that he could get money to get an education. He had been many places and was on his way to Alabama hoping to find work. He and his friend Morrie got food from people on the train rides, and got picked up hitchhiking by people driving by. All because they could not find work. Which is not really understandable in our day however is very realistic during his travels. And with Ellison's life struggles he was still able to relate to his past and learn from his actions.

The first thing that I noticed in the stories about Ellison’s journey was his ability to meet people. He had meet Morrie “in the sunflower jungle outside an Oklahoma town” and was now on his ways to Alabama with him. The two men had become friends and helped each out do to a common goal. On their train ride to Alabama Ellison goes down below and meets this older couple. The man and Ellison have a friendly conversation. Ellsion and the man talk about their plans and the man gives Ellison some sandwiches, and wishes him well in his travels. I personally wouldn’t know about train rides, but it seem like people use them to get to work and back and not as a place to converse, but a place to get all there work done before they get into the office.

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