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The "Bigger" Picture
Richard Wright's Native Son uses Bigger Thomas to illustrate a typical young black male whose social environment moves him to murder and rape. From the beginning it is made apparent that Bigger lives in a world where he is "conditioned to hope for little and to receive that little without rebelling."(How Bigger Was Born, xii) Fear, anger and frustration define Bigger's daily reality, he exists in a place where he is surrounded by dreams and opportunity but he him-self can not realize them. His environment, along with his frustration towards it leads him to commit cold brutal acts of violence. Through the accidental murder of Mary Dalton, the rape and murder of his lover, Bessie, Bigger finds freedom and identity.

Native Son follows the story of Bigger Thomas, a nineteen year old black man who lives on the Southside of Chicago during the late 1930's. From the very beginning we are made aware of the bleak conditions of Bigger's poverty stricken world and the......

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