While reading Book 1 of Native Son, I felt sympathy for Bigger, because of the social restrictions placed on him, due to race. I saw the injustice Richard Wright worked into his novel, and the superior nature of wealthy white citizens. I felt that Bigger didn't act out of spite in Book 1, rather acted as he felt necessary to survive in a white mans world. I noticed the fear he felt, and his lack of comfort around the Dalton's, due to their race and social status. As I read into Book 2, I struggle a little to keep this same opinion of Bigger. I see he is still very much afraid, but he begins to develop a sense of power that he can hold over the Dalton's, through the kidnap note. I understand his motives behind the note, as a man who's been put down his whole life, the temptation to gain a little more power, or rise a little higher in the world, must be hard to ignore. I cannot personally condone his behavior, and I have lost sympathy for Bigger as he intentionally causes heartbreak on the behalf of the Dalton's, but I do understand his want to rebel against a society that has never treated him as an equal.