The Role Of Empower An Obstacle In The Lady Of Shalott

Often times, a person will give power to an obstacle that prevents them from finding themselves amidst the labels that society tries to give them. The main character in “Battle Royal” empowers an obstacle that prevents him from finding himself. The characters in “The Piano Lesson” empower an obstacle that prevents them from finding themselves. The character in “The Lady of Shalott” empowers an obstacle that prevents her from finding herself. In the task of finding oneself, a person will often empower an obstacle that prevents them from doing so. The main character in “Battle Royal” empowers an obstacle that prevents him from finding himself. In the story, the main character is told he takes after his grandfather. He becomes the valedictorian of his class and delivers a speech after taking part in a Battle Royal at a smoker. During this time, he is constantly beaten down mentally and physically, between the white men of the town and his other classmates that participated. Throughout his speech, the men laugh and ignore almost every part, until he exchanges the words “Social Responsibility” …show more content…
The story centers around a brother and sister fighting over what to do with a piano. Boy Willie tries to sell the piano to buy Sutter's land and Bernice focuses on keeping it due to the history that it has. Throughout the story, both continually view the piano as a piece of furniture. As they continually fight over the piano, Sutter’s ghost appears multiple times and torments them. In the end, Boy Willie gives up on selling the piano and Bernice is able to play on the piano alongside her daughter Meritha. At first, they both fail to focus on the present and what is in front of them. Boy Willie focuses on his future, meanwhile, Bernice focuses on her past. Once they realize this, they stop looking for themselves within the piano and eventually find themselves within each