wheel, even dodging two uniformed security men as long as he can. Finally, he is hit on the head by one of the security men even as the wheel points to the jackpot.

The conflict in this story is character versus society. The main character is poor and Black, and because he doesn't have a birth certificate, he cannot get a job. He is heartbroken that his wife is sick and he can't do more for her, and he sees the bingo game as a path of redemption. However, the bingo game, like the rest of society, plays by a set of rules. He thinks he can overcome the limitations of the game by keeping the button pressed so that the wheel will keep spinning forever, but eventually, of course, it has to stop. If he doesn't stop it, others will step in and stop it for him.

We see this conflict through the protagonist's thought processes as he spins the wheel. He forgives the moderator for being "white and impatient," and he justifies the audience's unrest by thinking of them as "just ashamed because he was black like them." The real conflict is one that the protagonist has been going through all his life: being a Black man in a society that does not accept him.

"King of the Bingo Game" is a short story written by Ralph Ellison. It follows the story of a Black man who is trying his luck at playing Bingo in order to win some money. In order to help you answer this question, it is first of all important to understand why the protagonist of the story is trying to win some money. We learn early on in the story that his partner Laura is not very well and that they desperately need money in order to be able to get medical treatment: "Laura 'bout to die 'cause we got no money for a doctor."

This leads us straight to the main theme of this story: the theme of luck and fate. The man is desperate to win some money, as he doesn't have enough money to pay for Laura's medical treatment. Not being able to earn more money, he hopes that he might be lucky enough to win some money if he tried his hand at gambling. And indeed, the man is lucky enough to be a Bingo winner. However, he then tries to manipulate his fate by thinking carefully about how to spin the wheel in order to win the big prize—and it is this attempt at manipulating fate that ultimately destroys the good luck that he had to begin with.

Another theme of this story that you may wish to explore is the theme of race. We read in the story that the protagonist is Black, and so is the audience. It might be interesting to analyze in more depth to what extent the protagonist's skin color impacts the actions by the police and the organizers of the event at the end of the story. For example, they might have been a lot more patient if the man had been white. At the same time, it is also interesting to note that the audience also turns against the protagonist, despite the fact that they are also Black and therefore might be expected to demonstrate more solidarity with him.