The main character is the narrator. He remains nameless throughout the short story. He is of African-American decent. Other then that we know nothing about his appearance. He carries himself well, but he does feel a lot of anxiety and feels naive before going into his boxing match. He is wearing a boxing or fighting uniform and is forced to wear a blindfold.
He speaks very well in the story being very articulate. In the story he is know for being the smartest boy in Greenwood, and knowing more words then a pocket sized dictionary. The narrator is also going to college. His speech pattern is intellectual and articulate.
He is born in America. He is raised in a supportive way based on his interaction with his grandfather who gave him advice.
The character lives in the 1930’s in America. In this time
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He is fighting in order to get paid so he fights.
I fell like if we were only shown the fighting aspect of the narrator we would think of him different. The narrators redeeming characteristic is his intelligence. We see a different side of him, knowing that he is revered as the smartest boy in Greenwood. Knowing he isn’t just some brute fighting for cash, and seeing he is intellectual is appealing in some times.
VII. I feel like he is naive in his decisions. I don’t think the narrator is very street smart and my not think things through, because he did, after all, end up in the middle of a racist brawl for entertainment.
VIII. The affect this has on the choices he makes is pretty obvious. He ends up in a racist brawl. He fights blindfolded against ten other people. Then still fights them for the winnings.
IX. Even though the character doesn’t show any affection towards a particular object, I feel he values his college acceptance. He is smart and probably doesn’t want to duke it out with people his entire life. So being able to get a higher education he may be able to rise above the prejudice against blacks in his