King of the Bingo Game | Themes

Fate and Determinism
In "King of the Bingo Game," Ellison explores the relationship between man and fate. The bingo wheel represents the ''Wheel of Fortune," an ancient image used to depict man's position among the fates. The concept of the wheel attempts to explain how a person can be fortunate and prosperous one day and destitute the next by positing that people are on a wheel, moving up and down unpredictably. This concept holds that any person who is experiencing difficulties should persevere because eventually that position will reverse. For the Bingo King, though, the...

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