Internalised Prejudice In Bigger's Things Fall Apart

Through clearly presenting the distinction between himself, and his white counterparts, Bigger separates himself from their world. In the quotation, it is important to note the use of binary oppositions such as, ‘We black and they white’, ‘They got things and we ain’t,’ and ‘they do things and we can’t’. It is through the use of contraries, that indicate that Bigger and the larger ‘we’, can only exist as opposite to white society. Wright both deconstructs this image of internalised prejudice, and represents it. As Bigger overtly presents the problems of racism and the boundaries that confine him; it is this societal self-awareness that causes Bigger to be cautious of the Daltons play down his blackness. Through popular culture, Bigger oversimplifies himself, to not draw attention to him and the system of separation. …show more content…
Was he going to work for people like you saw in the movies?’ It is the proximity to white society, that was only portrayed through movies and hearsay, which attracts Bigger to take up the