hen in turn, it is Bigger, himself, that brings about the violence in the novel. This quote also shows that he needs to protect himself from the police because he was a black man in a white neighborhood: "Suppose a police saw him wandering in a white neighborhood like this? It would be thought that he was trying to rob or rape somebody" (49). Bigger might be accused of trying to rape someone just because he was a black man in a white neighborhood.
             Even though he fears the accusation of rape, Bigger still commits that crime anyways. After a night of drinking, Bigger has to carry Mary Dalton, who is drunk, into her room. When he rests her on her bed, he begins to fondle her, taking advantage of his power in this sit
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