Interacting with the JavaScript Map outside of jquery function()

BWSCIM

I'm wondering if its possible to interact with ESRI JavaScript API Map & Layers outside of the function(){} call?  I've tried adding graphics to the map.graphics layer but they don't appear.

Any help would be appreciated!

UPDATE: Ive been trying to add a graphics layer on a ASP MVC Ajax.BeginForm onComplete event.  If you define the onComplete event inside of function(){}/$(document).ready(...), it will be scoped to the function you pass to the ready function, and therefore invisible to ASP.NET MVC's JavaScript. When you define it outside of the function(){}/$(document).ready(...) function, it is global and available to ASP.NET MVC.

This answers why the result is occurring, My original question still stands.

BWSCIM

After all is said and done I was doing it correctly.  Turns out I was bit by one of the oldest GIS bugs - Spatial Reference.  As my map was zoomed in to a specific location, I couldn't see that my code was adding graphics off the coast of Africa.  I did not recall that Graphics/Graphics Layers don't have a Spatial Reference - I added one to the base query and my graphics appears as expected in the location I expected them.