The Rise Of Bigger Kill Bessie

How did bigger change from the beginning of the book to when he kills Bessie? Bigger was a young black male who was from chicago. He was known for getting in trouble and robbing people because he didn’t have much. Bigger grew up in a household with him and 2 younger siblings and his mother. In the beginning of the story bigger was aggressive towards his friends. Though when he was around the Dalton’s he was nervous. “He sat and looked up at the women; she staring at him and he looked away in confusion”(Wright 45). This show that he was shy around the Dalton’s because to him he feel like the Dalton’s had more advantage over him. During this time period whites had a lot of conflict with blacks and Bigger knew the Dalton’s had more power than him because he was black. …show more content…
He had met the Dalton’s daughter on the first day he started working for them. Though this wasn’t his first time seeing her. On the first day of him working Bigger had drove Mary Dalton to go and see Jan. In the book Jan was Mary’s boyfriend. They had went out to eat at a bar later on that night. After they was done Bigger had to drop Marry off home, but when he dropped her off he carried her up to her room. Ms. Dalton came in the room “Mary’s body surged upward and he pushed downward upon the pillow with all his weight, determined that she must not move or make any sound that would betray him” (wright 85). At this moment bigger had mistakenly killed Mary Dalton. After he murdered her it caused him to have more fear. Reason of him doing this was because he knew he would get the worst consequences if he get