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King of the Bingo Game
by
Ralph Ellison
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King of the Bingo Game Themes
Little Words, Big Ideas
Fate and Free Will
"King of the Bingo Game" deals with the issue of fate through the lens of race. The protagonist is a downtrodden African-American man who feels as though he has been finally given the opportunity t...
Isolation
"King of the Bingo Game" features a protagonist who experiences intense isolation. He is set apart from the other participants in the game both culturally and emotionally. As the story progresses,...
Madness
"King of the Bingo Game" takes the position that you can find truth in madness. It's as though the protagonist went through an intense experience and discovered the meaning of life, only this was a...
Rules and Order
The world of "King of the Bingo Game" is governed by a grossly unfair set of rules that the protagonist eventually attempts to break. We're talking social rules, legal rules, unspoken rules, and ev...
Race
The theme of "Race" relates most strongly to the "Fate and Free Will" theme of this story. Given the protagonist's circumstances – as an African-American man in America before the Civil Right...
