one of the opposite race. At the end of the night, Mary is drunk,and after driving her home he must carry her up to her room. When Marys mother, whois blind, enters Marys room, Bigger accidentally smothers Mary while trying to keep herfrom telling her mother that he is in the room. Bigger tries to cover up Marys death byburning her body in a furnace. Bigger then creates a scheme to extort money from herparents by pretending to have kidnapped her. Bigger does that by trying to pen the blameon Jan, because he is a member of the Communist party (Wright).The second section of Native Son is entitled Flight. In the beginning of this bookMarys bones are discovered by Britten, the police detective. At this point, Bigger is onthe run from the authorities. While on the run, Bigger brings his girlfriend, Bessie, along. Bigger didnt want to take any chances leaving her, since she was the only person whoknew about the murder of Mary. However, Bigger ends up killing Bessie, because hethinks she will slow him down. Eventually, he is captured by the police and has to face theconsequences of his actions (Wright).The third section of Native Son is titled Fate. At the beginning of this section, wesee Bigger awaiting his destiny, which is death. At this point he has lost all hope and isready to accept the consequences. While in jail, Bigger is visited by Rev. Hammond, hismothers pastor. Rev Hammond tries to get Bigger to see that the only thing he can donow is trust God. Even though, Bigger isnt interested in what Rev. Hammond has to say,he accepts the cross that he gives him to wear around his neck. Biggers mother comes tothe jail to see him, but embarrasses him by the way she begs Mrs. Dalton not to let her sondie. Also, in this section of the book we are introduced to Buckeley, the statesprosecuting attorney, and Boris Max, Biggers lawyer. Bigger is highly intimidated byBuckeley, who only sees him as a sub-human being and is only out to...
