Ralph Ellison Battle Royal Summary

In the short story "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison, which takes place during the time after the civil war where slavery is taking place. The narrator whose grandfather just died has to say a speech to where rich whites are gathered. But at first, it doesn’t seem like he will be saying the speech. He is blinded with a couple others and put into a boxing ring where they all fight. He then has a blindfold put on him. He is beaten to the point where he could not tell if he has blood or sweat on his body. Then he has to fight with Tatlock but now he does not have a blindfold on him they have taken it off; again he is beaten. But then he and the others are put around an electric rug that shocks. They are put to get coins, gold coins, or crumpled