Wright and Bigger
It’s interesting that Wright chose to write his Native Son in the third person style. The interpretation that we get is one that comes from Wright himself, meaning that no one really knows what drives Bigger’s actions. This lack of insight makes the relationship with Wright and Bigger that much more important. In class, Mr. Mitchell asked what we thought of Wright’s relationship with Bigger Thomas. While many good comments were made, my takeaway is that Bigger is Wright’s expression of who he could’ve been, had his life given him the same obstacles. This touches on another topic from our class discussion which deals with the idea of Naturalism. The idea of naturalism implies that each person isn’t really their own person rather a person that reacts to their environment around them. Bigger is a character that embodies a thoughtless person. Not entirely thoughtless of course, he s till feels uncomfortable, powerful, an...