... do so. He uses imagery throughout the novel. These patterns include beasts, the rat, Bigger hunted as an animal, blacks shown as wild animals and Bigger portrayed in the newspapers as a gorilla; blindness, Mrs. Dalton's literal blindness and the other characters' figurative blindness; walls, the wall of the Thomas' apartment and of Bigger's jail cell and the "looming white walls-(Native Son Book 1:Fear) of Jan and Mary in the car. Wright portrays Bigger's brutality in such gory detail ... , as this quote shows, that the reader may well ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... a clear line between acceptable behavior for whites and black's exists. His swift anger and his destructive impulses stem from that fear and become apparent in the opening scene when he fiercely attacks a huge rat. The same murderous impulse appears when his secret dread of the delicatessen robbery impels him to commit a vicious assault on his friend Gus. Bigger commits both of the brutal murders not in rage or anger ... diligently works to protect his client from injustice. The moment Bigger accepts Max's offer to represent him, Max protects his client's interests and insists upon his ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School