Since Bigger grew up in a racist community, there are situations that make him a sympathetic character. While he can control some of his actions, the white community has caused so much fear and destruction in his life that he can not really help himself but to act in fear. Through his actions, his mother warned him before the death of Bessie, “If you don’t stop running with that gang of yours and do right you’ll end up where you never thought you would” (Wright 9). Although his mother advised him to stop hanging out with the gang because it might lead to other tragedies and end horribly, he has already created a way of living for himself. He especially does not want to quit because his family is in deep poverty and suffering that being part
