{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30535929","dateCreated":"1290204846","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jose_4595","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jose_4595","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30535929"},"dateDigested":1531974117,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"native son","description":"The setting of the story native son is in the 1930s in Chicago. The main character Bigger Thomas is a black man who lived in the South Side of Chicago. It also takes place in the Daltons house, which is where he works. Unlike bigger the Daltons have a lot of money and they are white, so there is contrast in the settings of the story. Bigger lives in a small apartment with only one room with his mom, brother and sister. Bigger lives in poverty and he is a gangster along with his friends Gus, G.H, and Jack. They rob black people because they think that the cops won\u2019t do anything to them because they rob people from their own race. They also rob because it is easy money. The South Side was surrounded by white society. The story can\u2019t be made in a different time and have the same result because in the 1930s black people were discriminated by the white people and many things that happen in the story are because of the racism at the time. That\u2019s the only thing that can\u2019t be in a different time because the murders that Bigger commit can happen right now. He also tried to escape the cops, which is actually very hard because everyone was looking for him because he killed the daughter of a very rich man. He was mostly chased by them because he was a black man who killed a white girl. Since at the time there was a lot of racism he was in even more trouble because of that. This also cost the jobs of one of his friends because he was black. Right now there is no racism like there was back in the 1930s, or at least not as much so the story really can\u2019t be put in a different time because of this","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"30531423","dateCreated":"1290198379","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"taeyang","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/taeyang","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1223342653\/taeyang-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30531423"},"dateDigested":1531974117,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Native Son","description":"The native son has a special setting that effect to things that happens in the story, and Bigger. The setting of the native son is in Chicago in early 1930. The main character's name is Bigger, and he is black, back then the word "black" covered everyting, like dirty, hard, bad, sucks, strong, scary, etc. So the "Racism" is a main setting in this book. Evertying occurs by racism, like Bigger's fear, and his life style, his feeling, and his murdering. He gets scared of whites, and doesn't want to mix with whites. And when he becomes angry nobody could stop him, even though it was Mr. Dalton, and Jan. He kills Mary because he didn't want that Mary's mom sees Bigger and Mary together, he chops her head off. That murdering was so "black", back then in 1930's it was such a huge problem that black person kills a white person. So he needed to escape. Later he gets really angry, because he doesn't want to accept the "racism" anymore. I got a quesiont about the setting, Why The author of Native Son who is Wright put Chicago as a place, probably in 1930 there was huge racism in Chicago. Everything that Bigger does in this book is on racism, which is a main setting of The Native Son.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30531645","body":"i accidently clicked ost botton. here is the rest.
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\nSo Bigger is a "black", everyone is scared of him, and everyting that what he does is bad, dirty. 1930 in Chicago, colored people were treated so bad. Especially balck people, whites ruled the world back then. In Native Son Bigger is in same situation, maybe he really hates him self, that he was born as black.","dateCreated":"1290198714","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"taeyang","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/taeyang","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1223342653\/taeyang-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"30532955","body":"Thanks Brian,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200449","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30529171","dateCreated":"1290196122","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"joseph86","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/joseph86","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30529171"},"dateDigested":1531974117,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"wiki","description":"The story native son has a setting that is very unique and has a very special effect on the story. This novel happens in the 1930`s in the city of Chicago. This is the time were blacks wee oppressed and the African American population was not treated equally. We can see this thing of discrimination of white population and black population when bigger is eating with Mary and Jan in the black however of town. This is shown because Mary and Jan keep signaling how the two communities are different. The setting in the story has a very special effect on the events that happen. For example when bigger kills Mary and the detective is solving the crime. A black man had fingers point at him for doing it. As one can see this type of stetting are very unique. However I can think of one more setting that would have a similar effect as the one that is already used is right after the apartheid in South Africa. I think this because the apartheid segregated the blacks as well as the time as the 1930`s. in this scenario the main character would be a black man surrounded by Afrikaans. This setting would be very similar to the one already used because native South Africans were very suppressed by the whites. Once the apartheid was over racial tension between these two groups, was a lot. So if there was a black person trying to do the same actions as bigger is trying, the effect of the setting would be very similar","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532925","body":"Thanks Joseph,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200417","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30518253","dateCreated":"1290186533","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"pprada","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pprada","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1315457538\/pprada-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30518253"},"dateDigested":1531974117,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Paula Prada :)","description":"
\n Bigger Dalton lives in the late 1930\u2019s in times of racial segregation. He not only is black, but he lives under very few economical resources. He is ignorant, and didn\u2019t have full education for him to get a good paid job. He experiences problems he would have certainly not experienced if he had lived in our present time where black people are no longer intimidated by the white, and where there are more educational opportunities. The book describes his house as a very sketchy place, which is full with rats, and they fit every family member into the same room. Bigger does not study, nor work, and he does not count with a presence of a father who helps pay with the family costs. If the book didn\u2019t have the setting it has, the story would change completely. If it was not for Bigger\u2019s lack of money, he would be working in a different place, with a better paying job, and would have not ended up in the mess with the Daltons. Also, if he were not living in the late 1930\u2019s where segregation was very intense, either the Daltons, or Jan would have not racially intimidated him. If Bigger had come from a different family, there would have probably been different family values and different traditions, and would have not killed Mary. I also take in mind the fact that if Bigger would have been rich, he would have not had to \u201ckidnap\u201d Mary for the money. I think each event that happens in the book is relative to the other, and I think they all link together to the problem of the setting. The year relates to segregation, which then links to Bigger\u2019s intimidation with the white people that also links with Bigger\u2019s family economical problems. That brings him to working with the Daltons, which brought him to killing Mary, which led him to the kidnap. Every thing is based on the setting.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532891","body":"Thanks Paula,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200386","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30501323","dateCreated":"1290173931","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"Linndzy","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Linndzy","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1290198368\/Linndzy-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30501323"},"dateDigested":1531974118,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lindsey Pent","description":"The setting of the book Native Son is one of the main and most important elements that help complete the story and make it more believable. The book needs this setting for us to fully understand the struggles, conflicts, and troubles that Bigger has to face. One big challenge that he faces is based in the conflict between whites and blacks. Whites think that they are superior to blacks so the two are completely separated into two complete areas, totally isolated from each other. Bigger and the other blacks live in the slums, they live in the poor areas where the whites hardly ever go. The whites on the other hand live in complete luxury. They live in the nicest parts of the neighborhood and they live in big houses. The Dalton family is a perfect example. When Bigger goes there for the first time to get a job he is amazed and astonished at how big and luxurious the house is and how amazing it is that one family could live there. If this book had any other setting the book may not have been as realistic or as effective as it is in the setting that it has. Another way we see this is in the pressure that Bigger is under. Bigger\u2019s family is poor and it is hard enough for them to get along, so they are always pressuring Bigger to get a job to help them support the family. Bigger doesn\u2019t like to be placed under so much pressure because he likes the kind of freedom that he has to do what he wants. But Bigger also does a lot of bad things with that freedom. Bigger and his friends would steal from other black people to make money, he doesn\u2019t want to leave his friends and the life that he has built for himself. If the Native Son were had any other setting the book wouldn\u2019t have the same feel to it that makes it seem more realistic.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532867","body":"Thanks Lindsey,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200356","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30489467","dateCreated":"1290135864","smartDate":"Nov 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"negrasolano","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/negrasolano","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961550\/negrasolano-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30489467"},"dateDigested":1531974118,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"nicole solano","description":" The story Native Son by Richard Wright it is mostly based on the story of Bigger Thomas a black guy 20 years old that lives in poverty with his family.First we notice that the time setting is a big part of the story. In the story it is the 1930\u2019s and that makes a huge difference because at that time the black society was excluded and looked down way more than 2010 or 2000.Also the time and setting were he lives(a town surrounded by white people), that\u2019s a very important point because that puts extra pressure on him and it becomes one of the main causes of his anger, and \u201cself-protection\u201d, and the racism that the white people make them feel.The 2nd setting we see is the apartment which definitely shows the poverty he\u2019s in. The way this setting is describe definitely shows us the poverty their in.Some of the characteristics they mention is how small and dirty it is.The 3rd setting that is definitely noticeable is the house of the white people(the Dalton\u2019s) that Bigger is now working on. This makes a big statement and shows the difference between white and black society, and the economical level they had.This house is extremely luxurious, it\u2019s big and it has people working for them.This shows us as readers, and helps us understand better why Bigger acts the way he does.Bigger wishes to have the same luxuries that white people do, which sometimes lead to his bad actions.His desires to have a more comfortable life, and not be \u201djust another negro\u201d.All of this different types of settings doesn\u2019t only help us understand the story more but the characters in it especially Bigger.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532843","body":"Thanks Nicole,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200320","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30483055","dateCreated":"1290129792","smartDate":"Nov 18, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"daniaiz","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/daniaiz","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30483055"},"dateDigested":1531974118,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Daniel AIzenman ","description":" The novel, The Native Son by Richard Wright takes place in a situation of segregation after the Great Depression during the 1930\u2019s. America had not yet recovered from it and getting jobs during that time was extremely difficult. The narrator compares a negro neighborhood with a white neighborhood. He describes a negro apartment as tiny, unpleasant and uncomfortable. The black apartment has limited space because for Vera and for Bigger\u2019s mom to change clothing, Bigger had turn around. I can infer that the apartments on the negro side are uncomfortable because Bigger\u2019s apartment has rats on it and can be compared to a prison by looking at the white neighborhood. Bigger gets a job in the white neighborhood and feels humiliated and uncomfortable on it. First of all the Dalton\u2019s House is like an extravagant beautiful mansion compared to Bigger\u2019s apartment. Bigger many times feels fear when being with white people; this feeling makes him be frustrated and uneasy because he indirectly wants to know why he is not treated the same as a white person is treated. The story, the Native Son cannot be written in a different time and a different place because we would not be able to get the same effect. As I have stated, it was very difficult for black men to get a job during that time, black people felt a lot of humiliation during this time and if it were to be written today, it could not be written because today there is no official segregation in the United States.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532781","body":"Thanks Daniel,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200237","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30417179","dateCreated":"1290050697","smartDate":"Nov 17, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"meladovelado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/meladovelado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317260331\/meladovelado-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30417179"},"dateDigested":1531974118,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Melanie Velado","description":"The story of \u201cNative Son\u201d by Richard Wright occurs in various settings in order for the reader to understand Bigger, the main character\u2019s struggle with the sea of white people. Bigger Thomas is a colored man who lives in a very small apartment with the rest of his family. The apartment is described as a very dirty and small place jammed with creatures such as rats. The room has limited space, such as Wright states when he describes that Bigger, and his younger brother Buddy have to turn around in order to not see their mother, and their sister Vera, change into their clothes. The atmosphere he lives in gives the reader an insight of the poverty he lives in and how his family is left in a destitute situation. The state that he lives in also impels him towards getting a job in order to gain some money to help his family, but most importantly to help himself. Once he gets a very good job in the white half of the population at the Dalton\u2019s home, there is a different setting. The Dalton\u2019s home is very extravagant and lavish; it contrasts greatly with Bigger\u2019s home and lifestyle. This helps the reader know how Bigger feels afraid, uncomfortable and greatly intimidated by the white population. He feels plenty of fear and feels inferior to them. This explains why he gets so mad and frustrated at times, he is frustrated that he is not treated equally like the white men. Most importantly, this story takes place during the 1930\u2019s which was a period of crisis due to the \u201cGreat Depression\u201d, and it was also a period of segregation of the black race from the white race. Colored people suffered a lot during the time, and were greatly criticized and underestimated by the rest of the population, making them feel uncomfortable and powerless. This is how Bigger\u2019s environment is, uncomfortable, hostile, and imprisoned in a white bubble.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30532735","body":"Thanks Melanie,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200188","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30328565","dateCreated":"1289952103","smartDate":"Nov 16, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bibi_lamas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bibi_lamas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1285202747\/bibi_lamas-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30328565"},"dateDigested":1531974119,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Bibi","description":"\u201cA social problem is one that concerns the way in which people live together in one society. A racial problem is a problem which confronts two different races who live in two separate societies, even if those societies are side by side.\u201d Native Son takes place in Chicago during the 1930s. Numerous locations through Chicago are the setting of this story, from Bigger\u2019s one-room apartment in an isolated community of Chicago South Side, to the Daltons house, \u201cover across the line\u201d as Bigger recalls. Nowadays, we live in a world of equality and understanding, for the most part. People have a broader picture of life and are capable of accepting and adapting to these "brave new world" per se. We live in a society that accepts differences, not that is perfect, for we are not the Utopian society Plato imagined, but it holds up. It creates a sense of balance and justice, of righteousness and fairness. Forget about the old stereotypes and embrace the new possibilities the world had to offer. No longer do we look down on different races or sexes. There is a thin balance all throughout. Go back a couple of decades ago and the story will be different. This is why I believe this story could not have been in a different time, without conveying the say effect, since by time went by people began to understand and accept racial differences. Being black or white in veracity didn\u2019t make you a good person or a bad one, one with power or without, wealthy or poor, it\u2019s not all superficial. During the 1930s America lived in a harsh racial prejudice, this is why Richard Wright chooses this time period. in the 1910s-1960s the Great Migration took place in Chicago, where hundreds of thousands of blacks from the South migrated. Even though racial tribulations occurred all around America and the world, Wrights chose Chicago as an example, and show a different perspective of the way blacks lived, digging deeper to create more responsiveness.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30382489","body":"Bianca,
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\nGreat... you reference Plato and Brave New World... quite ambitious...
\nA couple of things:
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\n1) Can you tell me where you got that quote at the beginning?
\n2) Could you fix up the following sentence: 'his is why I believe this story could not have been in a different time, without conveying the say effect, since by time went by people began to understand and accept racial differences.'
\n3)'Being black or white in veracity...'Not quite sure what that means.
\n4) Or this: 'digging deeper to create more responsiveness.'
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290022542","smartDate":"Nov 17, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"30417619","body":"1)Pauline Hanson\u2019s Maiden Speech in Federal Parliament
\n2): 'This is why I believe this story could not have been in a different time, without conveying the say effect, since with time thoughts began to change. People wanted to make a difference step up to racialism. With time this idea began to evolve and changes began to occur.
\n3) Being black or white in reality doesn\u2019t make you a good person or a bad one, one with power or without, wealthy or poor, it\u2019s not all superficial.
\n4) Digging deeper to create more awareness, a new idea, a perspective, that would make people view this issue differently.","dateCreated":"1290051348","smartDate":"Nov 17, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"bibi_lamas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bibi_lamas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1285202747\/bibi_lamas-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"30532755","body":"Great Bianca,
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1290200209","smartDate":"Nov 19, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30316569","dateCreated":"1289942816","smartDate":"Nov 16, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"pjoaristi321","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pjoaristi321","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30316569"},"dateDigested":1531974120,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Paulina Joaristi","description":"Bigger\u2019s family lives in a beat-up, rat-infested, dark, one-room apartment in a segregated community.The story takes place in Chicago in\u00a0\u00a0the late 1930s, when the United States had still not recovered from\u00a0the Great Depression. Jobs were scarce, and Bigger and his friends were among the many unemployed. Bigger is held back from numerous opportunities because of his race. At the time the book is set, racial segregation was still legal. The dingy apartment were the story takes place is stark contrast to the Dalton\u2019s luxurious home. Once Bigger arrives at the Daltons\u2019 house, we realize just how small his world is; Bigger wasn\u2019t kidding when he indicated that the South Side felt like a prison. The Dalton home makes Bigger uncomfortable. He doesn\u2019t know how to behave. The difference between their riches and his own family\u2019s poverty makes him feel ashamed. Race relations in America in the 1930\u2019s were strained. The black population was freed from outright slavery, but still lived under terrible conditions, was unable to vote, and was terrorized by groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Black people had few rights, many obligations, and even fewer luxuries than the whites. Back then, black people lived in extreme poverty and were completely isolated from the white community. Setting the story in a different time or place would have not had the same effect for many reasons. By placing this story in the 1930s we get a clear view of the brutal racist conditions under which the black community lived. We read about the racist propaganda and racial oppression that Bigger experiences throughout his life. The harsh conditions and isolation the protagonist lives under makes him move towards violence. A setting without this state of racism would have had changes on the protagonist view on the world and his reactions towards life. Bigger's attitude is a combination of strong anger and powerful fear. As a result of his hatred and fear, Bigger\u2019s accidental killing of Mary Dalton does not fill him with guilt but rather fills him with pleasure and security that he has been able to assert his power over the white community. Throughout the novel, the setting demonstrates that Bigger\u2019s environment is hostile. In the end the unfair social circumstances is what drives Bigger towards commiting crimes. Without these unjust social conditions the protagonist would have not felt the need to lash out the way he did.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}