Native Son #1

"Blum was alone and the store was empty of customers. Yes; they would have had time to rob the store; in fact, they still had time. He had ied to Gus and G.H. and Jack. He walked on; there was not a policeman in sight. Yes; they could have robbed the store and could have gotten away. He hoped the fight he had had with Gus covered up what he was trying to hide. At least the fight made him feel the equal of the,. And he felt the equal of Doc, too; had he not slashed his table and dared him to use his gun?" (Wright 41). Often times when feeling pressured or responsible for doing something that you dont necessarily want to do, people react in strange ways. Bigger is a perfect example of one of these people. Rather than telling his friends he did not want to rob Blum's store, he hid his feelings and lashed out at the last minute by getting into a fight with Gus, in order to avoid going to Blum's all together. This scene was a great example of Bigger's anger problems and violent tendencies that had been referred to earlier in the book. Throughout the rest of this story, I think we will see many more examples of Bigger's inner emotions getting the best of him.