![]() ![]() And this pressure he feels leads to the main plot points in the story his killing Mary and his sexual assault and murder of Bessie. Throughout the book Bigger feels pressure from this overwhelming whiteness that’s all around him, it owns the building he lives in, he works for it and it controls almost all of the culture in the time. It not only plays a critical role in the plot it also makes, quite poignantly, a point against the oppressiveness of white culture at the time. Snow plays an important role in the plot of “Native Son”, it starts snowing after Bigger kills Mary and eventually hinders his escape effort so much that he gets captured. In “Native Son” Richard Wright makes the point that due to social injustices people such as Bigger will never understand justice and what is right or wrong makes his point through the symbolism of snow, the oppressiveness of popular culture, and the reflection of ignorance upon society through Bigger’s own ignorance. The overwhelming ‘whiteness’ of it all will soon become evident and soon you will feel as if you are Bigger from “Native Son”. ![]() Whether it is cursed or blessed, it is coming and it will affect all equally if that’s not justice then justice does not exist. Snows will be falling and ice forming, it will be the joy of children and the hatred of adults. ![]()
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