Battle Royal

This link will take you to a number of sources:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=battle+royal+ralph+ellison&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31

This link also has a few sources:

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Ellison.htm

Here are some sources that discuss the American Dream and African Americans:

http://www.alternet.org/story/70694/the_american_dream%2C_or_a_nightmare_for_black_America

http://www.tnj.com/news/black-american/no-american-dream-african-americans

http://theafricanamdream.weebly.com/

http://www.eurweb.com/2011/12/african-americans-the-american-dream-is-do-it-yourself/

A Perfect Day for Bananafish

Sources on the story:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vMClokiW1jYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA68&dq=a+perfect+day+for+bananafish&ots=YkZNam8NP0&sig=_eaj-3zSCIJyGTIsQpGtEcAwKKI#v=onepage&q=a%20perfect%20day%20for%20bananafish&f=false

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/373294?uid=3739808&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104462092887

Go to page 9 on this article:
http://skemman.is/stream/get/1946/11320/27966/1/Da%C3%B0i_Gu%C3%B0j%C3%B3nsson_-_BA.pdf

https://digarchive.library.vcu.edu/bitstream/handle/10156/4566/Spratley_Warren_MA.pdf?sequence=3


You can also use the school's online article database:

http://www.valenj.org/


PTSD Sources:

http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001923/

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml