Bigger
My name is Jack Meloch and I'm a friend of Mr. Max. I've come in contact with Mr. Max's client, Bigger Thomas, and I saw his case. From the stories of Mr. Max I don't think that it's fair to Bigger to get the death sentence. It is obviously society's fault that he did what he did. I truly don't think that Bigger is a bad guy; he's not a nice guy either. He's just a normal black person, who lives in poverty because, among other things, the white man (Mary's father) over-charges him on the rent. As I read in Mr. Max's papers, Bigger mentions killing the girl because he was afraid that her blind mother would find him, and, at the time drunk Mary in one room. He was forced to do what he did because he didn't know how to handle the situation. All in all he is just a black man, who has been oppressed by the white man since the day he was born.As he [Bigger] is awaiting his trial he looks confused and worried about the almost certain fate that awaits him. As men before him and
Bigger admitted to the murder of Mary, and has been given the electric chair - death sentence. He has reached the final minutes of his life. He is scared of dying. Bigger, from the beginning of his life, only had two paths to go by in his life: to stick to what he has (meaning to stick with his low paying job, to barely survive on what he gets), or not take anyone's "crap" and rebel. Bigger, however, unconsciously chose the second and the most extreme path; he chose to rebel. He chose this path unknowingly by killing Mary. He was immediately an outcast, an outlaw, and a hero in some people's eyes. to whom it may concern : this essay, is a thing where i had to write as though i was a NEW charecter in the book, so this is my story... after him, he does not want to die. Bigger is just another example of the great injustice practiced in the courts. It is very unlikely, stemming from the crowd gathered outside the courtroom, that he would be given a fair trial. But what's b
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Approximate Word count = 659
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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