Native Son pages (62-93) 3rd Essay Prompt

Native Son pages (62-93) 3rd Essay Prompt

     When Bigger is around Jan and Mary he gets furious and is filled with hatred, anger, and fear. It says, "He felt he had no physical existence at all right then: he was something he hated, the badge of shame which he knew was attached to a black skin."(Wright 67) Bigger feels this way when Jan confronts him on calling him "sir," when Mary says, "I'm on your side," (Wright 64) and when Jan and Mary believe they are going to turn the whole world's racism around towards blacks. Bigger knows they can't do anything to stop the equality in the world, he says, "There's a lot of white people in the world," (Wright 75) which confirms his believe about how Jan and Mary's efforts are useless and in a way degrading towards Bigger because they think they understand his feelings. "They were never on a common level." (Wright 72) The quote shows that Bigger was never comfortable with them because of the way they treated him and because he was black. His skin color separates him the most. It says, "If he were white, if he were like them, it would have been different. But he was black. So he sat still, his arms and legs, aching."(Wright 69) He would never feel comfortable with them.
     Mary and Jan also treat him like an object. Mary says, '"They have so much emotion! What a people! If we could ever get them going..."We can't have a revolution without 'em." Jan said. "They've got to be organized. They've got spirit. They'll give the party something it needs."'(Wright 77) I find it very disrespectful how Mary and Jan talk about Bigger's race. They talk about the issue like a joke. This quote pissed me off a good amount because of how Mary and Jan stated their words and it obviously pissed Bigger off. They might have feelings for the black race, but they are on a totally different level. They have to realize that they will "never" understand what black people go through. In this time period, white people are white, and black people are black, nothing is similar between them, but Jan and Mary believe there is no barrier.     

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