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Argumentative Essay: Max's Killing Bigger

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Max says that though Mary wanted to help, and for she was killed was Bigger’s fault, but killing Bigger will not bring Mary back and it will not undo Bigger’s wrong. The only way to make good out of Bigger’s crime is to spare his life, to stop murder and accusations that puts African Americans under the control of the white majority. Killing Bigger will accomplish nothing but vengeance and by sending Bigger to prison would be an act of mercy and courage, it means that mere vengeance is avoided and justice is still delivered to Mary and Bessie’s family and to the people of Chicago. A more powerful gesture is to keep Bigger alive because it means that the state wants Bigger to be rehabilitated, to fully understand the world and to learn from
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