After battle royal, the school boy’s “reward” was to crawl on a rug and collect coins. The narrator becomes excited, even after hearing a men say very racially “that’s right, Sambo” and he winked at him (183). Things turn for the worse as they start to get electrocuted, the narrator was weighing the value in the situation and really did not to continue. But started crawling around again when a man screamed at him to “pick it up” (184). He continued to listen to all these men regardless of his pain and embarrassment he was feeling. The only thing he desired was to receive the praise and recognition for his speech he deserved.
