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Grade Level:       Type of Work           Subject/Topic is on:
 [ ]6-8                 [ ]Class Notes    [Essay on Book "Native   ]
 [ ]9-10                [ ]Cliff Notes    [Sun"                    ]
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 Dizzed: 07/94  # of Words:630   School:public          State:NY
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     In his most famous novel, Native Sun, Richard Wright
successfully develops three major themes: Racism, violence as a
personal necessity, and social injustice. He has captured the
powerful emotions and suffering, the frustrations and yearnings,
the restlessness and hysteria, of all the Bigger Thomas's in this
grippingly dramatic novel.
     Wright shows to us, through Bigger Thomas, how bad things
were for the black race. He tells how Bigger was raised in a
oneroom apartment, living with his family and rats. The rent was
very high, and his mother was barely able to pay it. Bigger's
education like most blacks at that time , did not exceed the
eighth grade. Without the help of the Relief Agency, Bigger and
his family may not have been able to keep up much longer
financially. Bigger had no money, except for the spare change his
mother gives him, so he would usually just hang out at the pool
hall, which was in the black district, or southside.
     Bigger used to pull little jobs with his friends, but all of
them including Bigger wanted to pull off a big job, by robbing
Blum's store. They were afraid though, of getting caught for
robbing a white man. They know the police don't care about
blacks, and would probably accuse them of many more crimes.
Luckily for Bigger, though, the Relief Agency did find him a job
with the Daltons. When Bigger went to the Daltons house for the
first time, he brought his gun, because it made him feel equal to
the white people.
     When Bigger got to the Daltons house, he didn't know whether
to enter the house by the front or back door. He looks for a way
to the back, and realizes the only way in is through the front
door. As he rang the doorbell, he felt very disturbed. And when
he started talking to Mr. Dalton, Mr. Dalton asks Bigger about
his past crimes, which made Bigger feel pressured. Then Mary
Dalton walked in and asked Bigger if he was in a union, if he
knew about communism, and then still more questions, until her
father finally asked her to leave the room. Bigger was afraid
that this little brat was going to get him to lose his job. Then
he met Peggy, a maid, Who asks Bigger all these questions, like
he could understand what she was talking about. Then Peggy showed
Bigger the car he was to drive the family in. When He saw the
black car, he thought about how the whites own everything. When
Bigger meets Miss Dalton, she talks to other people about him
while he is standing next to her, like he was the third person.
     Richard Wright also shows how Bigger is caught up by forces
he could neither understand, or control. Bigger found a sense of
freedom and identity in acts of violence. Bigger mainly disliked
his family because he feels sorry for them. And when Bigger picks
on his friend, Gus, it is mainly out of fear of robbing Mr.
Plum.
     

j      ܌     When Bigger, Mary, and Jan get drunk, Bigger takes
Mary home
and accidentally kills her while trying to shut her up so her mom
wouldn't know she was drunk. Then, after Mary is dead, and her
mom is gone, Bigger shoves Mary's Body in her trunk, and carry's
her downstairs. Then Bigger tries to shove Mary's body in the
furnace, but her head won't fit. So, he takes the hatchet and
cuts her head off, throwing it as well as her body, in the
furnace. 
     After everyone found out Bigger had killed Mary, Bigger ran
to Bessie, his girlfriend's, house. When he arrived, he ended up
telling her everything that had happened. Bigger, after telling
Bessie everything, realizes he can't leave her alone with this
knowledge. So, Bigger and Bessie, ran to an abandoned building,
where Bigger figured how hard it would be to keep going with
Bessie along. Bigger felt he had to kill her to keep her quiet
and keep her off his back, so he did. 
     Richard Wright also showed us the social injustice blacks
had. When Bigger got caught by the police and was jailed, he
received constant harassment. He was faced with a choice of
either confess, or else be lynched by a white crowd, which shows
the violence of whites towards blacks. At the trial Bigger was
tried unlawfully. For instance: When Buckley, the man prosecuting
Bigger, tells Bigger to reenact the murder. And throughout the
trial, there was name calling in the newspapers, and at the
trial.

