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The short story “King of the Bingo Game” was written by Ralph Ellison. It was first published in the journal Tomorrow in November 1944. The story involves the protagonist Bingo King who is alone in the world and his isolation is further highlighted by the potential death of his wife who is critically ill. The story interestingly examines a segment of Americans who are often ignored and are new to the urban life (Ellison, 1944).

Deborah Reber a famous poet once stated, “Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” Letting go of a loved one is never an easy decision to make because in reality, decisions will not keep the loved one alive. By allowing a loved one to be at peace, a person gives allows himself the opportunity to be at peace with whatever trial he faces. In “King of the Bingo Game” author Ralph Ellison includes the bingo wheel, the beam of light, and bingo button to act as symbolism, to show the trials he was facing in life.

This game is a number computation game and has rules like any other games. It became a very important game to me. In the process of playing this game, I acquired the skill to count in numbers, self- discipline, and self-control. Also interacting with other children assisted me to learn good social relationships, and social norms. (Fletcher et.al., as cited in Berk, 2007).

Used to be a saying about ‘Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.’ First thing you know, we’d all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There’s always been a lottery” (Jackson 4). The lottery has been around for many years and only some villages realize that it is bad. Unlike the village that Old Man Warner is in, they think that the lottery is perfectly fine. “Some places have already quit the lotteries.” Mrs Adams said. (Jackson 4). “Nothing but trouble in that,” Old Man Warner said stoutly. “Pack of young fools” (Jackson 4). Old Man Warner thinks that the lottery is okay, it seems as if he doesn’t care about the villagers in his village, he seems to only care about tradition and the

In Shirley Jackson’s  “The Lottery”, There is an annual lottery game in this village on June 27th of every year, this lottery is a ritual that has been in the village for long since, everyone in the village would gather at the time square to participate in it. Mr.Sumner, the lottery official will then brings out the black box and declared the lottery open and states all the rules, “Now, I’ll read the names--heads of families first--and the men com out and take a paper out of the box. Keep the paper folded in your hand without looking at it until everyone has had a turn. Everything clear?” (BBR 93). One of this papers will have a black spot that is put on by the coal company owner, whoever gets the spotted paper with the black dot wins the lottery and will be stoned to death.

Looking around at our table of people it was pretty serious. Everyone there was a very competitive person and wanted to win yet only 2 of the 6 of us won at this point. When the last round of bingo started the number callers said it was going to be a blackout, in bingo that is when you have to cover your entire board to win, as they said that we knew we had a very high chance to win. Soon we got to some of the final numbers and people started calling out bingo. We still never got a bingo until the last couple of numbers. When people started winning the crowd started to get louder and more talkative. Soon we ended up winning and we got loud and happy. In the end all of us ended up getting a bingo. Liz won chapstick, Taylor got fruit snacks, and I won a box of Kraft Mac-and-cheese.

The short story “King of the Bingo Game” was written by Ralph Ellison. It was first published in the journal Tomorrow in November 1944. The story involves the protagonist Bingo King who is alone in the world and his isolation is further highlighted by the potential death of his wife who is critically ill. The story interestingly examines a segment of Americans who are often ignored and are new to the urban life (Ellison, 1944).

The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. (5)

Checkers is a game played on an eight by eight square board that seemingly everyone knows. From children to adults, many enjoying the universal simplicity of the game. The first appearance of the game occurs right before the start of the seventh chapter. A group of men at the store, including Janie’s husband, were partaking in gossip, talking about how

A few summers ago, our family decided to dine at 50’s Prime Time Café while visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The kitschy décor transported us back to the bygone era of the 1950’s. The comfort food was simply delicious. However, what made this day a truly memorable one was an amazingly clever and engaging Cast Member. Our cousin made sure we put our walkie-talkies away, aka cell phones. She handed out some crayons and paper and insisted that we play a family trivia game instead. As the meal progressed, the Cast Member scolded our youngest daughter and her friend for having their walkie-talkies out again. She had them place a napkin between their noses and the wall and stand still while she had other tables join in saying “Shame, shame,

Katrina returns home from Los Angeles to find a letter waiting for her from her brother. The letter causes Katrina to remember a time when her and her brother were small children. They lived on a farm that had an old barn with a third loft. There was a ladder that went from the floor all the way to that third loft, but it was old and the children had been warned not to play on it. One afternoon while their parents were gone, they began to play a game they had played dozens of times before. Larry and Katrina would climb to the top of the third loft and then jump down into the hay bin. Katrina went first, then Larry. Over and over they climbed and jumped.

I played bingo, volleyball and I won a manicure for the activate event. I played bingo, the two-game hosts with Mrs. Bonnie. The hosts told me and players that show the numbers-letters of a combination. Bonnie heard the hosts and interpreted me with American Sign Language carefully for the bingo game. I spelled "BINGO" with my fingers when I raised my hand up with a wave at the hosts. They examined my two game cards because of that matched same numbers correct! I got to win the manicure from the bingo game. I leave the cafe where I play the game to going the outside. I played volleyball with the black female student for fun. I liked to play the volleyball, but I was not a good player. I gave another volleyball to the small

In the story “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson, there's a small town that does the Lottery. Every year on June 27th, everyone in the town gathers in the town square around ten o’clock. There is a black box with many pieces of blank white paper and one paper with a black dot on it. The oldest male from each family picks out a piece of paper. If you're the male who picks out the black dot, someone in your family is going to get stoned to death. Mr. Hutchinson was the one who picked out the piece of paper with the black dot. There are six people in his family so they put six pieces of paper in the box. All of the pieces of paper were blank except for the paper with the black dot. Each family member picked out a piece of paper. Tessie,

The night of the ?show? in which many people from the town were competing, Billy Bob told his friends and family that they must not ?applaud for anybody but Miss Bobbit?. After she performed, it was obvious that she had won everyone?s heart with her performance.

The vocabulary bingo strategy is an effective way to help students build their vocabulary. It enhances student’s motivation for learning and memorizing words and their meanings while having fun. After participating in a vocabulary