it up,goddamnit, pick it up!...Go on, get it (263). This made the boysfeel as though they had to do what was said, they feared thecrowd more than they feared the electricity of the rug. Ellisonuses this scene to show the repulsion the audience felt towardthe fighters and the fear the fighters had of them.Throughout this story, Battle Royal, Ellison creates amood of horror and repulsion toward the black fighters,especially toward the narrator. From the first scene next to thegrandfathers death bed, to the money on the rug. He takes hisreaders to the fight to see just whats taking place, not only inthe mind of the narrator, but in the minds of the upper-classwhite folks as well. By describing to the readers the details ofeach scene, he gives them a chilling sense of what its like tobe horrified and hated....
