Character Analysis of Bigger Thomas from the Native Son

Bigger Thomas, as the protagonist and the main character in the Native Son, represents the effect of racism on the psychological state of its black victims. In his twenties, Bigger is a black man cramped in a South Side apartment with his family, Bigger has molded his life this way because of an obsessive fear and anger he feels toward whites. Bigger is limited by his lack of education (up to eighth grade), and by …

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