Anchor: They show Ellison exploring black folklore as a source for black fiction, using flight, for example, as a metaphor for escape--a common trope among slaves who imagined themselves able to fly back to Africa.
Entailed: Ellison thinks flight is a popular subject among slaves thinking of return.
Contradiction: Ellison does not think that tropes in black fiction have deeper meaning.
Contradiction: Boys are looking at the ground.
Contradiction: There were Roman conquests in Carthage, Macedonia, Asia Minor, Spain and southern France.
Contradiction: "Sacre!", he exclaimed loudly.
Contradiction: Being on welfare isn't something to be proud of.