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`Yes, son.` He was smiling again. At the end of the paragraph John reveals that the child was the little son of the white gardener. " Behind the black ball " is an earlier version of the phrase " behind the eight-ball ," but it's also a reference to blackballing, or blocking someone's membership in a group. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. He said he had been working on the platform all afternoon and that he was sure the boy had not been there. `About a black ball. John has been subject to such a great deal of racism in his life that he cannot but be suspicious of the intention of the Union man. On his lunch break, John eats with his son, who plays with a toy truck and says that he wants to be a truck driver. Mother is never mentioned; John seems to be bringing the boy up on his own, while working hard, up at six to do his mopping sweeping and dusting and emptying the trash before returning to give breakfast to his son. The Black Ball - Ralph Ellison | libcom.org `What happened?` He is the only Black employee at the apartment building where he works, and he is often treated unfairly by his white coworkers and supervisors. But in the rest of this story, Ellison will test and challenge that assumption. The fellow, the Union man, told the story of how his friend was blamed for a crime didnt commit. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class., Requesting a new guide requires a free LitCharts account. He laughed. Then he asked if he could go out and play with his ball, and since I would soon have to go down myself to water the lawn, I told him it would be all right. `Not used to anything like that, are you?` Complete your free account to access notes and highlights, Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. And his recollection of the incident with his friend isheart-breaking, because aninnocent man had been blamed for no fault of his.