Native Son Blog 1

1. When Bigger kills the rat in the first scene it shows two things: that he is dangerous and violent, but also that he protects his family.
2. I think that Bigger doesn't understand how =much his family loves him and therefore he gets irritated by his mom's nagging - but she's only trying to help him and guide him in the right direction. His sister bothers him too because he thinks shes annoying - but what older brother doesn't think that his little sister's annoying?
3. Bigger and Gus are interested in the plane that they see because they know that only white people can fly the plane, and they know that they can't, which makes them want it more.
4. They then try to make fun of white people by imitating army generals in "white accents".
5. Bigger gets mad at Gus because he thinks that Gus gives into the white society and doesn't want to hurt them by Robbing them. Bigger accuses Gus of being scared.
6. In the movies, Bigger learns that the family that offered him a job is incredibly wealthy and he realizes that he really should take it because maybe he'll get lucky and have a part in their money.

King of the Bingo Game

When looking at these quotes, it is clear that the main character is controlled by a force greater than himself. By engaging himself in bingo, a luck of the draw and completely unpredictable game he gets to blame the outcome of his life on something he cannot control. When it says, "he felt vaguely that his whole life was determined by the bingo wheel,” i think that the author is just symbolizing life - to a gamble. No one can predict one's own life, and if there is such a thing as fate, the only being who knows what it is - is God. Therefore, when he says that the wheel is God, i believe that he is just saying that because it has a way of predicting his life, similarly to God. He gets trapped into the chase of the Jackpot and is devastated at the loss of the "love of his life" Laura and gives in to gambling to give him hope which can make him move on. I don't think that he wins the jackpot because he didn't take enough responsibility for the course of his life. Yes, maybe there is such a thing as fate - but one can steer one's life in any certain direction.

Macbeth is an Anti-hero

I believe that Macbeth is an anti-hero because he lives by his own flawed morality. He disregards common decency when he kills his good friend Banquo, innocent women and children (lady Macduff), and his own king Duncan. I believe that he is an anti-hero because he knows what he is doing that is wrong, for example the beginning of the play when he ponders whether or not to kill King Duncan. However as he continues to kill these people his mind starts to whither away and he becomes crazy. The stress of the dreadful deeds took this toll on him and he continues to kill. He disregards what his society believed to be courteous and was not a decent king, which he saw a good example of in King Duncan. When Macbeth listens to the prophecy he makes a decision to be indecent and kill all the people that he did, therefore he is an anti-hero.