Essay On Biggers

Long ago, our economy, government, families, and individuals joined together to create the greatest weapon yet, Biggers. What are “biggers”? Biggers have been around since the beginning of time, they are sinful creatures like yourself that have been outcast from society because their souls have been labeled “unredeemable”. Biggers are native creatures of the United States, but their species can be found scattered around the globe. The term “biggers” was made popular by Richard Wright, author of the novel, Native Son. In the novel, the main character, a young troubled African American boy, named Bigger, was to live a life that was predetermined for him: to die like a rat. Wright claims that Bigger’ predetermined murderous life could be the

Wright testifies that the principles of Karl Marx seem perfect on paper; yes, it would be ideal if everyone were to be treated equally, but even this supposedly “perfect” society is flawed. Wright’ communist characters in his novel were the fuel that assisted in creating “biggers”. Mary and Jan were friendly, but Bigger did not interpret their behavior that way. Bigger felt that Jan’s friendliness was a joke, “This white man, having helped to put [me] down, having helped to deform [me], helped [me] up now to look at [me] and be amused” (67). Bigger was very uncomfortable around Jan and Mary and may have had these thoughts: How can Jan be a friend? How can I trust a white man? How can Jan expect me to be open with him, when he has the face of my enemy? How do I respond to a communist? Bigger was very fearful of Jan because he was a communist. Bigger remembered seeing many cartoons of communists with flaming torches in their hands, trying to commit murder or set things on fire (66), but those were the images that the media portrayed. Jan was different from the illustration, he was a communist with a