1. Battle Royal and Sonny's Blues
The Ralph Ellison short story titled Battle Royal, is a great exemplary of this everyday struggle. ... Unlike Battle Royal, the short story Sonny's Blues takes place in the 50's but in the heart of New York city, however it does. In this short work the unnamed narrator (older brother of Sonny) opens the story to us with his own shock to find that his flesh and blood was headline in the paper, but not nearly in the most flattering of ways but instead for being arrested. If you could not already tell the story is focussed around Sonny, younger brother to the narrator. the story goes in...
- Word Count: 611
- Approx Pages: 2
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School