In book one i completely felt some sort of sympathy for Bigger, I blamed most of what happened (Marry's death) on Mary and the society he grew up in.(I say society in that he grew up, they said that a black man is worthless and whites should not be seen fraternizing with one, if something bad happens its usually blamed in the black person.)If i was him I would be extremely nervous and Mary was really naive.
You see Mary in the book when she's talking in the limo, in her own sort of way, knowing how society is is wrong, but with her word choice you see how wrong she really is in that she separates herself from bigger and categorizes blacks as a thing having one emotion and judging/stereotyping.
Now that you have read in to Book II, how do you feel about Bigger now and why do you feel this way?
Bigger has completely changed his audited, and in my eyes he's being a little cocky and taking an over advantage rather then staying in the shadows and acting normal which in my opinion is what should have happened.
Bigger has always been dangerous but when we meet him he sort of gets out of his funk and you expect him to keep getting better, but then he goes back into his dangerous i don't care but with an extra confidence boost..which is lethal.
You see this when he's plotting to get his girlfriend to help him out, he knows he's completely using her, knowing he's putting her in danger, but obviously does not care seeing as how he threatens to kill her if she doesn't help him, even though the whole time she said she wouldn't its to dangerous.
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You point out that Bigger has lost all sense of humanity in Book II; keep this in mind when we read Macbeth. It is important to remember this b/c it is has strong implications for what we'll be doing then.
Mrs. Holst
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