King Of The Bingo Game Analysis

The influence of power is greater than most people make think; power itself can either lift you or crush you. Before there is an opportunity to gain control of any or all situations, someone may not even realize how defenseless they are but the moment they finally have power, they feel unstoppable. The three stories, “King of The Bingo Game”, “Story of an Hour”, and “Gorilla, My Love”, explain how feeling helpless and powerless can make someone feel scared, act irrationally, or lose hope. Nevertheless, both the lack of or too much power can strip away our humanity.
In “King of The Bingo Game” by Ralph Ellison, it begins with the main character feeling exhausted, starved, and heartbroken. He has no food nor money for either himself or Laura leaving him weak and desperate. His last attempt to turn everything around relies on a game
Throughout the story, she encounters problems that continuously defy what her original goal was. The idea that things go the opposite way than she intended illustrates the fact she has little power and control. When things go her way, she can act mature but when the situation goes south, things can get out of control. As an example, when the movie manager refused to refund her money she lit the candy stand on fire. “So he ain’t gettin up off the money. So I was forced to leave, takin the mathes from under his ashtray, and set a fire under the candy stand, which closed the raggedy ole Washington down for a week.” (Bambara) The manager dismissed her complaints of the movie because she was just a child. Such a young child shouldn’t have any power right? Well, Hazel would disagree. If an adult does not treat her equally and give her a fair share of control in any situation, she becomes sad or even enraged. When Hazel feels inable of having power, she becomes blinded of other’s emotions and focuses on her own thoughts and