Native Son Post #15 Pg. 381

"Well, this thing's bigger than you, son. In a certain sense, every Negro in America's on trial out there today" (368).

Max is completely true when he says this statement and Bigger needs to realize that he represents the entire black population. This trial will not only determine his life, but also determine lives of other black men. If Max can gain respect for Bigger from the crowd, then black people will start to get the respect they deserved a long time ago. Max is going to show the white crowd how Bigger's actions were a result from the white people's oppression to the black people. Bigger was helpless. He felt he had no purpose in life except to serve the white people. The white people are the ones to blame for most of the crimes of the black population. As Bigger mentioned before, if white people weren't trying to oppress the black people and simply accepted them, then Bigger would not be in a jail cell waiting to hear if he is going to die. Max will be the one to slow things down and try to help the white people understand what they have caused the black people to do. The white people just assume things about black people and that is injust. In order for Max to help the Court understand Bigger's circumstances, Bigger needs to meet Max halfway instead of continuously saying he rather die because Bigger knows that is the last thing he wants happening to him. Bigger needs to find the courage to speak up for himself and justify Max's point.

Will Bigger gain any confidence in front of the white people in the Court?