The passage I chose derives from Native Son by Richard Wright. This passage discusses the events after Bigger Thomas suffocates Mary Dalton in his attempts to avoid being caught in her bedroom. My decision to translate the passage was due to the way it was presented. The section gave insight on Bigger’s internal monologue when he finds out that he killed Mary when trying to silence her. While we discover that Mary is the center of attention in the passage, his treatment of Mary resembles more of an object than a human being. Rather than describing her as a whole entity, Bigger refers to her in segments when interacting with her body. By introducing her as a face, mouth, eyes, and bosom individually and separately, Bigger displays a lack of
