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You Love Him and You Hate Him

I don't know whether I should like Bigger Thomas or hate him. In certain points in "Native Son", I wanted to sympathize with Bigger but there were other times that I wanted to rip his face off.  Let me explain. Bigger Thomas is unlike the "traditional" main character of a book. A traditional character would oftentimes go through a tragedy, make mistakes here and there, but ultimately, they would transform into the best version of themselves. With Bigger, however, is a different story. He experiences his tragedy constantly throughout the story without much character development. He would also make mistakes after mistakes without ever having a self-reflection or admitting that he was wrong, whereas a traditional character learns from their mistakes. Personally,  I think Bigger becomes slightly crazy after he murders Mary.  One of Bigger's greatest hits is the murder of Mary Dalton. Regardless of Mary's intentions, she and her boyfriend were ve