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King Of The Bingo Game, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
King Of The Bingo Game, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
Critics have long recognized symbolism as one of Ralph Ellison's favorite devices. However, a lesser-known technique, juxtaposition, illuminates the racism theme so prominent in his classic short story "King of the Bingo Game." By contrasting the main character's major fantasy with his real-life situation, Ellison makes more poignant the gap between white and black America in the 1930s.