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swat32
3 years ago
13

Can someone help me by telling me what "The black ball" by Ralph Ellison is about? Who the characters and main characters are?

English
1 answer:
stiks02 [169]3 years ago
8 0
Main character: john african-american man
minor character: son. hotel manager, worker.

<span>The story is about the struggle life of an African-American worker and his son. The son wonders about his different skin color. Because of that, the father explains the different to him and tell him not to listen to other people when they talk about his skin through the story. The message of “The Black Ball” is skin color doesn’t make a different and everybody deserve an equally life.</span>
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