Richard Wright's novel, Native Son, consisted of various main and

supporting character to deliver an effective array of

personalities and expression. Each character's actions defines

their individual personalities and belief systems. The main

character of Native Son, Bigger Thomas has personality traits

spanning various aspect of human nature including actions

motivated by fear, quick temper, and a high degree of

intelligence. Bigger, whom the novel revolves around, portrays

various personality elements through his actions.

Many of his action suggest an overriding response to fear, which

stems from his exposure to a harsh social climate in which a clear

line between acceptable behavior for white's and black's exists.

His swift anger and his destructive impulses stem from that fear

and becomes apparent in the opening scene when he fiercely attacks

a huge rat. The same murderous impulse appears when his secret

dread of the delicatessen robbery impels him to commit a vicious

assault on his friend Gus. Bigger commits both of the brutal

murders not in rage or anger, but as a reaction to fear. His

characters hate each other without comprehend the underlying

constantly demonstrates his intelligence, in his pursuit of

others as equals, but her actions make Bigger uncomfortable and he

from intense fear of the consequences of "letting" her live.

demonstrates that he could forgive Bigger for implicating him for

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