thing from the truth. Until the racism is gone, they will continue to have murders such as the ones committed by Bigger Thomas. At this point it is obvious that all attempts by Max will be futile. Buckley, the State’s Attorney is persistent and will see to it that he gets his way. Bigger’s complicated, twisted, emotional life is without a doubt going to come to an end… right when he decides it is worth living.3. (F) Native Son is a wonderful book. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone, especially white people. This book allowed me to experience racism from the African American’s point of view. Wright has done an excellent job of conveying the feelings of the African American to his reader, although the book seemed to be a little long and drawn out at points. After he killed Mary, I thought at least a day or two had gone by before he killed Bessie because of everything that had happened. Reporters came to the house, a newspaper was published about her disappearance, Bigger left work and went back one or two times, he planned the ransom note, a private detective was hired. Highly unlikely is it that those events would all occur in one day, but that didn’t really take away from the novel too much. The inner feelings presented to the reader by Wright will make me think twice before I ever accuse anyone of something again. He has made me realize that it is really unfair to do that, because you never know ...
