Essay Comparing The Bingo King And A Wall Of Fire Rising

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The soul of resilience and the sinew of potential make a fabric run in life, a match of bests built up from a success. In Ralph Ellison's "The Bingo King" and Edwidge Danticat's "The Wall of Fire Rising", the problem is that those who are already in poverty get drowned during the course of their life with more difficulties than those who are able to move their lives ahead. This inequality increases the position of those individuals with means compared to the rest of the population, thus excluding the exploration of various narratives that are essentially important to readers. Such narratives are critical because they pinpoint both current conditions that are changing us as individuals and groups and the existing positions of society in order to preserve …show more content…

He skillfully faces the subtle reflection of the power relations with the help of the artistic devices and debunks all the institutions that allow this inequality's persistence. In the story “A Wall of Fire Rising” by Edwidge Danticat, the theme of class divide is subtly instilled into the play’s structure, reflecting the disparities and aspirations of the characters. The story tells the life of Guy, Lili, and their son Little Guy in a shantytown, which is by nature their status in the social economic sphere. The family's excitement over Little Guy's role in a school play contrasts sharply with their impoverished living conditions, as captured in the moment: “Listen to what happened today, Guy said as he barged through the rattling door of his tiny shack. His wife, Lili, was squatting in the middle of their one-room home, spreading cornmeal mush on banana leaves for their supper”(Danticat 393).Through presenting a radical difference in a way that members of a close-knit family receive unexpected news and with almost no choice but to think about their own life, the author makes it clear to the

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