t out alive before it was too late, but he thinks about his speech and whether people would "judge truly his ability." Just like invisibility is the authors excuse for insignificance, forgetting the Battle Royal is a way to cope with a traumatic experience. He prefers simply to forget what happened to him. Ralph Emerson's book describes one's man search for his identity. An unsuccessful search, in view of the conclusion that he comes to. Everyone has an identity; failure to find one or illusion of invisibility is just a matter of perception....
