What is your reaction to Book 2 ending?
It's quite sad to imagine that Bigger is caught. It's obvious that Bigger would be treated like an animal if he was caught. It does not surprise me to see "Lynch 'him!" and "That black sonofabitch!"
Most poignant quote and why?
They had him by his legs again and were dragging him down a hall...then they started down the stairs with him, his head bumping along the steps. He folded his wet arms about his head to save himself, but soon the steps had pounded his elbows and arms so hard that all of his strength left...He shut his eyes and tried to lose consciousness. But he still felt it, drumming like a hammer in his brain." (p. 253)
The sight of someone being dragged down the stairs by his feet is a painful sight. He's too powerless to resist and they took advantage of this to treat him horribly.
Why are the 3 books title this way? They are the stages that Bigger went through. The reason for Bigger to committed murder, fear. Then he had to run away, flight. After he got caught, he had to accept his fate as a black murderer--death.
It's quite sad to imagine that Bigger is caught. It's obvious that Bigger would be treated like an animal if he was caught. It does not surprise me to see "Lynch 'him!" and "That black sonofabitch!"
Most poignant quote and why?
They had him by his legs again and were dragging him down a hall...then they started down the stairs with him, his head bumping along the steps. He folded his wet arms about his head to save himself, but soon the steps had pounded his elbows and arms so hard that all of his strength left...He shut his eyes and tried to lose consciousness. But he still felt it, drumming like a hammer in his brain." (p. 253)
The sight of someone being dragged down the stairs by his feet is a painful sight. He's too powerless to resist and they took advantage of this to treat him horribly.
Why are the 3 books title this way? They are the stages that Bigger went through. The reason for Bigger to committed murder, fear. Then he had to run away, flight. After he got caught, he had to accept his fate as a black murderer--death.
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