s and bills off an electrified carpet. He still has a hope that he will get his chance to present his speech to proper audience even after suffering electric shocks. [Document the incident.] You really need to mention two important incidents in the battle royal. First that he tries to buy off his final opponent so he can win, and the odd notion that goes right over his own head when he accuses his adversary of wanting to win for the whites. And second, that when he has a chance to win, a shout from the crowd causes him to drop his guard and get dropped himself.Finally, he is called for his oration and he is introduced as ?the smartest boy? (2367) in the town. All his compliance [to=with] incredible humiliation, death-defying terror, and agonizing pain and his hope, gets him what he wanted. He obeys every order of the whites without giving much consideration to the factor[s] of mockery and pain involved, to introduce them [with=to] the idea of ?social responsibility? (2367) and indirectly ?social equality? (2368), which were scoffed, too, by not paying much attention to his speech and making him repeat several words more than once. Very important point needs to be made above as to the extremes to which the Narrator is willing to go to conform to the whites? expectations. He says ?social equality,? and that?s what he means. When the master of ceremonies comes after him about it, however, he immediately changes the phrase to ?social responsibility,? which is not what he intended. In short, he caves in, hoping to be accepted and rewarded by the whites, and he is. He doesn?t realize yet, that he is only being accepted and rewarded on their terms. Grandpa does in the dream though: that?s what he means by ?Keep this Nigger-boy running!?...
