NATIVE SON [QUESTIONS]

English: Native Son


1.Knowledge: Can you tell why bigger acts the way he does. Why is does he act so mad all the time?

Bigger may be acting so mad all the time because of this life style. I mean he lives in a one-room apartment with his mother, little brother and sister. The boys have to turn around so the girls can dress. Bigger may also be acting like that because him and his mother does not get a long so well. In the book his mother told him “Sometimes I wonder why I birthed you” and he responded “Maybe you ought to left me were I was. That is not the way a mother and son should be talking to each other.

2.Comprehension: Who are the key characters of this book, and why are they the key characters?

The key characters of this book are Bigger and Mary. Bigger is the key character because the whole book is talking about Bigger and what he is doing. Mary on the other hand is also a key character because she came in the first book and they talked about her through out the whole book.

3.Application: What question would you ask f Bigger?

If I were to meet Bigger I would ask him what was his child life like. To add more to that I’m saying does the way he act now effect the way he is. Is that the reason why he is going around killing people, smoking and ect.

4.Analysis: What problem do you think Bigger has with himself?

I think the problem Bigger has with himself is that he feels that people don’t thanks him for the good things he does. Which makes him feel bad. When he does well he will always be the bad guy. As they said in the book say “YOU CAN’T WIN!”

5.Synthesis: If you were to compose a song about Bigger’s life what would it be about?

If I were to compose a song about Bigger’s life it would be about how he grow up in a home that was small and no space to his self. It would also be about how he felt being around his mother. Do to Bigger having a small room and not enougb space causes promblems. Bigger has no were to relax because there is not were he can go to be alone. Which means Bigger does not have much time for his self. Then Bigger does not get along with his mother. His mother told him she which she never birthed him which is kinda sad because no mother should tell there son that.

6.Evaluation: How would you have handled the situation with Bigger in the room alone with Mary being drunk?

In this situation i would have done first what came to biggers head. I would left the room and went in to my room and stayed there for he rest of the night. Staying in the room would have raised suspisioun to Mr.Dalton and his wife. By him staying in the room it was a bad decision on Biggers part of the situation. Mary was already drunk in the first place. A drunk white girl three in the morning in her room alone with a black man was not a good combination. I would have left and just forgot about the whole situation. She was drunk, she would have just woke up the next day with a hang over.