1a. “ It’s the girl! Good God! Who do you suppose did it? Bigger tiptoed up the steps, one at a time, hoping that the roar of the furnace and the men’s voices and the scraping of the shovel would drown out the creaking sounds his feet made… He stole to the door of his room and opened it and went in and pulled on the light. He turned to the window and put his hands under the upper edge and lifted; he felt a cold rush of air laden with snow. He heard muffled shouts downstairs and the inside of his stomach glowed white-hot. (Wright, 220)”
1b. I chose to illuminate this scene because it shows how cunning Bigger is. Bigger realized that the situation was getting dangerous for him. Jan was still in jail and he had an alibi so he was safe. Soon …show more content…
“ But rape was not what one did to women. Rape was what one felt when one’s back was against a wall and one had to strike out, whether one wanted to or not, to keep the pack from killing one, He committed rape every time he looked into a white face. He was a long, taut piece of rubber which a thousand white hands had stretched to the snapping point, and when he snapped it was rape. But it was rape when he cried out in hate deep in his heart as he felt the strain of living day by day. That, too, was rape. (Wright, …show more content…
This quote reveals the newspaper headline from the night before. People had found out Bigger murdered Mary. Everyone in Chicago was searching black neighborhoods and investigating black people in hopes of finding Bigger. This passage is important because it reveals how the authorities hint it was a sex crime. How could the authorities or anyone possibly think it was a sex crime? They had absolutely no evidence of anything. All they had were Mary’s bones. This proves that the white people at the time believed that black men were savages. They believed that Bigger, being a black boy, must have raped her then killed her because she was white. This passage is also important because it proves that Bessie was right. Biggers actions caused many searches in the South side. All black people were in danger because of
1b. I chose to illuminate this scene because it shows how cunning Bigger is. Bigger realized that the situation was getting dangerous for him. Jan was still in jail and he had an alibi so he was safe. Soon …show more content…
“ But rape was not what one did to women. Rape was what one felt when one’s back was against a wall and one had to strike out, whether one wanted to or not, to keep the pack from killing one, He committed rape every time he looked into a white face. He was a long, taut piece of rubber which a thousand white hands had stretched to the snapping point, and when he snapped it was rape. But it was rape when he cried out in hate deep in his heart as he felt the strain of living day by day. That, too, was rape. (Wright, …show more content…
This quote reveals the newspaper headline from the night before. People had found out Bigger murdered Mary. Everyone in Chicago was searching black neighborhoods and investigating black people in hopes of finding Bigger. This passage is important because it reveals how the authorities hint it was a sex crime. How could the authorities or anyone possibly think it was a sex crime? They had absolutely no evidence of anything. All they had were Mary’s bones. This proves that the white people at the time believed that black men were savages. They believed that Bigger, being a black boy, must have raped her then killed her because she was white. This passage is also important because it proves that Bessie was right. Biggers actions caused many searches in the South side. All black people were in danger because of