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Essay / Analysis of the King of the Bingo Game - 985
Intelligent Player “The King of the Bingo Game,” by Ralph Ellison, is all about internal conflicts. In this story, the black man from the South comes to another place to play the game of Bingo where he sees different types of people with different behavior. In his place, all people are friendly, there is no my and yours. If they want something from someone, they can ask them even if they don't know each other. The story revolves around the game of Bingo where no one knows how to win, but people came to play with the hope of winning. At the beginning of the story, it is said that the man from the South was waiting to play bingo and at the same time an old man gave him a beer and he got drunk because he had not eaten anything in the morning. He has 5 bingo cards but he doesn't know he has that many. During the game, he doesn't have to leave the button, even Laura doesn't understand. He is happy to win and says loudly that "Live Laura baby", suddenly everyone became silent and sees him behind him and when he sees back he sees the 2 people coming. They were taking him slowly but he can't leave the wheel, he tries to run and get back into the wheel and says he can't give up and when these men try to pull him from the scene he sees her staying at the double zero. Finally, he wins the game and takes all the prizes. He doesn't understand justice in the man's tight smile and he knows even if it escaped him that his luck ran out on stage. As I mentioned, this story is an internal conflict because in this story we can see how the main character uses his mind by watching and learning. Above all, the audience motivates him because every time he plays, they start shouting it, but they don't see why he is doing it. Finally, his hard work to win the