"Native Son" Book 1 Questions
1. In the beginning of the book when Bigger kills the rat, Bigger's violence is displayed. Gruesomely killing an innocent rat shows that he has no mercy for innocence and does not care about other's feelings. He proceeds to wave the dead rat in his sister's face because her fear is humerous to him; a selfish act.
2. Bigger hates his family because they seem to not understand him and don't care about him, when really it is Bigger that doesn't care about his family.
3. Bigger and Gus are so interested in the planes flying overhead because it reminds them that they are not able to fly planes because they are "inferior" to whites.
4. Bigger and Gus imitate white people by making fun of how the black people are such a problem in society and how they need to be taken care of by the President and Secretary of State. They also make fun of how rich the white people are and how they can just throw money out of the window.
5. Write describes Bigger's environment as lower class and slummy. The two of them are just standing against the corner of a building looking suspicious. The whole scene makes the character of bigger seem like a troubled man with bad ideas.
6. Bigger gets mad at Gus in the pool room because Gus seemed to be frightened at the idea of robbing a white man's store.
7. Bigger learns who he is working for and that the daughter is involved with a communist from the movies that he and G.H. see.
2. Bigger hates his family because they seem to not understand him and don't care about him, when really it is Bigger that doesn't care about his family.
3. Bigger and Gus are so interested in the planes flying overhead because it reminds them that they are not able to fly planes because they are "inferior" to whites.
4. Bigger and Gus imitate white people by making fun of how the black people are such a problem in society and how they need to be taken care of by the President and Secretary of State. They also make fun of how rich the white people are and how they can just throw money out of the window.
5. Write describes Bigger's environment as lower class and slummy. The two of them are just standing against the corner of a building looking suspicious. The whole scene makes the character of bigger seem like a troubled man with bad ideas.
6. Bigger gets mad at Gus in the pool room because Gus seemed to be frightened at the idea of robbing a white man's store.
7. Bigger learns who he is working for and that the daughter is involved with a communist from the movies that he and G.H. see.
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