cquiring wealth success and power. The strain theory can almost be characterized as a contemporary caste system. The elite are bound to a systematic condition of superiority were the lower classes are bound to a society in which their avenues to resources are limited. In this cycle anomic conditions are inevitable for those people who are at the bottom of the social ladder, therefore they continue the cycle of crime and criminal activity. The alternative is then solutions to the problems of disparity and that causes criminals to emerge wide spread and validates the whole theory of strain and anomie.Bigger Thomas was a poor impressionable young man who fought to attain the standings in middle class society. Prevented by society, or so he thought, from reaching his full potential as a successful man. Being black was no picnic and Bigger was very resentful of the "white" people of all different classes. Bigger was in search of power, domination and authority, elements that he felt as a man he should be able to posses but because he was poor and black he lacked all of the above. In Bigger's fight for notoriety, power, and socioeconomic status he was forced time and time again to resort to what he felt would help him overcome the strain that society had infringed on him. Bigger did not want to be the servant, a job that only had room for black people, he did not want to be the busboy. Bigger wanted to be the owner, the manager, the overseer, but due to social stratification he was not allowed to participate in any events that would promote his status, thus making Bigger one of society's greatest problems, young, energetic, ambitious, innovative, and more importantly strained with nothing to lose except the shackles he felt society kept him in for far to long. Bigger eventually comes to the conclusion that he will be satisfied, even if it meant going outside of the norms of society. He would prove to the world that he could be in...
