I wouldn't excatly say that society should be 100% responsible for Mary's death. But society is somewhat resposible because, if they didn't have the mold that all black people were terrible, and useless, than it wouldn't have been such a big deal if Mary was caught kissing Bigger. But instead Bigger had to protect himself from either getting fired or possibly getting killed all because he was kissing a white girl. Bigger was very scared that Mrs. Dalton would catch them together, so that fear caused him to put the pillow over Mary to protect himself. The fear was indicated by the society.
Katie Holihan