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Summary Of Bigger's Murder Of Mary Dalton

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Though it is Bigger’s act in murdering Mary Dalton, it was the white community who is primarily responsible for Mary Dalton’s death. White people segregate people, like Bigger, and make them feel inferior. Because of this, Bigger holds anger and hatred towards the white community for limiting what he can do and for causing him to fear them and what they can do to him. Max points out that Mr. Dalton only rented houses to black people in the Black Belt essentially keeping Bigger and Mary strangers to each other (393). Since Mary is an unknown ‘species’ to Bigger, he does not know what to expect from her or how she will behave allowing him to build fear within himself due to the uncertainties of her behavior. Also, if Bigger did not feared what
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