Main character in Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" Bigger Thomas is a black petty criminal who fears the whole world around him, especially white people. Because of the racism that is going on he believes that there is no other way of life for black people overall, and that nothing will ever change for him. But he is wrong. Bigger got a chance to turn his life around for the better. And he did, but in a way that no one would expect he could - he brutally killed twice and now he feels that "in all his life these two murders were the most meaningful things that had ever happened to him" (Wright 214), because they helped him to find himself and meaning of his very own existence.
             When we first meet Bigger Thomas, he already gave up on himself and on hope for better life for himself, his family, and other black people. Even though he always wanted to be someone, do something with himself , he was not able since lack of education has left him no other option than menial labor. He knows that he does not have a chance for anything better just because he is black, so he lives from day to day not caring about the distant future anymore. But deep inside in his mind and heart he also feels that eventually something significant will happen that will change the way he exists. He even says himself that " the moment he allowed what his life meant to enter fully into his consciousness, he would either kill himself or someone else" (Wright 10). And he did indeed kill. He was stereotyped and he felt hopeless not being able to fight it, to stand up for himself, to express his true feelings which he was suppressing for such a long time. He was trapped his whole life resenting, hating, fearing, and not understanding the world around him. But not anymore. Just like Bigger has suspected something had happen and that something has changed everything - first it made his life meaningful and then it took that life aw...