《(invisibleman)看不见的人》第二幕Battleroyal详解

para13： school superintendent：the person who manage and control the school 督学
I strained to pick up the school superintendent's voice,as though to squeeze some security out of that slightly more familiar sound.
那就好像我突然发现自己身处一个充满有毒的棉口蛇的黑暗的房 子里。
cottonmouth：green-brown snakes living in the southeastern part of the U.S. 棉口蛇
Simile Show us the narrator’s fear.
bleary:adj.(of eyes)blurred,esp because of tiredness; seeing dimy (指视力)模糊的（尤因疲倦所致）；朦朦胧胧的
Symbols:
be blindfolded with broad bands of white cloth
(Alliteration)
white is the symbol of the white people
1、be blindfolded with white cloth symbolizes that the black people were ruled by white people. 2、And when black people were blindfolded, they know nothing but battle. They can’t rebel. This symbolizes black people’s weakness（软弱）. 3、The black were blindfolded also symbolizes black people’s ignorance（愚昧）. When they were blindfolded, they didn’t think anything, just obeyed the white‘s order and hit their companies as barbarians.
He sounded as though he might crunch me between his teeth like a crisp ginger cookie.
听那人说话的狠毒劲儿，似乎要把我当成一块姜汁饼干放在嘴里 嚼碎。
Materialization
In this sentence, the narrator saw himself as a ginger cookie. It shows us that the narrator thought their black people are in a low class in his deep heart.He is meek. What he can do only is waiting for the things would happen next.
铃声一响，你就给我跑过去，照准他的肚子狠狠地揍。你不打他，我 就打你。
This is the words they heared before they started the battle royal.This tells us that the white were cruel.
Yet even then I had been going over my speech. In my mind each word was as bright as flame.
然而，即使在那时，我还一直在重复我的演说。在我的心中， 每个单词都像火焰一样光明。
SimΒιβλιοθήκη Baidule
In my opinion, the two sentences show us that the narrator tried his best to please white people. The “word” means the speech on the surface. However, in fact, it means the narrator’s desire to get the white‘s approval. So he said it was as bright as flame.
para15： tear him limb from limb：把他的四肢一支一支地撕下来 It’s very cruel.
Para16: crunch: the sound of something crunching 嘎吱嘎吱地咀嚼 crisp: pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed 脆的, 干脆的
Battle Royal
(para 10-20)
para10： hysteria:n.disturbance of the nervous system,esp with emotioal outbursts 精神错乱（尤指有情绪发作之表现者） in hysteria：精神处于错乱状态
There was nothing to do but what we were told. ……… I want you to run across at the bell and give it to him right in the belly.If you don't get him,I'm going to get you.
para11： a sudden fit of blind terror:莫名的恐惧
（因眼睛看不见产生的恐惧）
It was as though I had suddenly found myself in a dark room filled with poisonous cottonmouth.
我竖起耳朵，竭力想听出督学的声音，似乎从他那稍微熟悉的声音 中可以得到一点安全感。
The black wanted to get the sense of security from the white.That's so ridiculous. It shows us the black’s ignorance again.