The Power of Fears
Though Bigger comes from a family in need of his financial support, he is less than thrilled to work. Bigger is so fearful of their situation at home, he blocks it out so he does not have to deal with it the same as the rest of his family. Bigger's dislike for working though could not be out weighed by his fear of the white population, which caused his to back out of the robbery of a white business. Though Mr. Dalton seems generous in his ways of helping Bigger, he seems to actually be trying to ease his own conscience for his exploitation of the black population in Chicago. The Dalton's deep fear and prejudice against communists is more powerful than their common sense at times, which is why Bigger tried to blame communist's for Mary's murder. Which fear seems to be more detrimental to the characters lives? Do you think it is strange that Bigger's fear of white men was used in exploiting the communist fear in another man? Bigger's fear seems to be taking a snowball effect on his life causing more and more problems. Do you think its possible for Bigger to turn his life around or is it too late?
2 comments:
I think that Bigger's fears are more detrimental to his life than Dalton's fears. Bigger's fears cause everyone around him to become fearful of him, and he often scares himself. His uncontrollable rage often scares himself and causes him to do awful things.
I would agree, Bigger's fears lead to far worse consequences than the Dalton's fears. It is his fear that leads him to murder, nothing even close to that has happened to any of the Dalton's.
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