I have recently read a book called “Native Son” by Richard Wright written in 1940. The protagonist in the story is a 20 year old Bigger Thomas, a black boy; who lives in a poor area on Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s. My examination and analysis of this book is that it is about symbolism and the pessimistic view of Bigger and this is effectively depicted by the relationships between black and white people during the depression era. Bigger Thomas is presented as an uneducated young man and denies getting a job from his mother’s request. His life is clearly defined by the fear, anger and hatred that he feels toward whites people. He has not studied much and hence has limitations securing good employment. Therefore, he finds himself living in poverty. He is ashamed of his family’s poverty and afraid of the whites because of his feeling that his life is controlled by white people. He tries to keep his feeling to himself, but subsequently he fails. He then reacts with extreme violence. Bigger commits crimes with his group of friends against other blacks, as they are frightened to rob a white man. .Having been a manipulator throughout all his life, Bigger’s fear …show more content…
Like his attitude towards his mother and sister, he wants to hide his true feelings inside.. Bigger not only makes it hard on his family to understand his emotions of hatred, but also holds it within him. Wright frequently explains the condition behind Bigger and why he continues to behave the way he does. Like when Bigger scares Gus by saying, “You scared of robbing a white man,” he threatens to harm his friend. It’s true that Bigger can’t face his own fear of robbing white people because he wants to order others to volunteer in his pranks. That is the true nature of Bigger and tells his friends to do the task for him, despite the fact that he is still afraid to fight for