Destined to be, he must have known it from afar. The system did not favor him, and it is in this revelation that the protagonist “draws bingo and is entitled to take part in a spin at the wheel of fortune and the jackpot” (Urquhart 217). Sitting in the theater, he thought about his country and the racial discrimination across the country. The crowd itself, consisting of a combination of whites and blacks, did not support him in the match. On the platform he could hear them shouting; “Get out of there, you idiot!” (Ellison 471), an indication that they thought this was not a black man's game or game. It was the beginning of