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LITERATURE QUESTION
1) Exam the Significance of Vickie and
Kabira's Visit
to the police
2) Discuss the realtionship btw Nii
KpaKpo and Maa
Tsuru in the novel
3) Discuss the theme of loneliness in the
novel
4) Comment on the Writers narrative
style in the
novel
5) Consider the view that it is the
society that make
bigger a murderer in the novel
6) What is Max's attitude toward racial
relations in the novel
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NO.5 Bigger Thomas as America’s Native
Son
In the novel the Native Son, the author
Richard
Wright explores racism and oppression
in
American society. Wright skillfully
merges his
narrative voice into Bigger Thomas so
that the
reader can also feel how the pressure
and racism affects the feelings,
thoughts, self-
image,
and life of a Negro person. Bigger is a
tragic
product of American imperialism and
exploitation
in a modern world. Bigger embodies
one of humankind’s greatest tragedies
of how mass
oppression permeates all aspects of the
lives of
the oppressed and the oppressor,
creating a
world of misunderstanding, ignorance,
and
suffering.
The novel is loaded with a plethora of
imageries of a hostile white world .
Wright shows how
white
racism affects the behavior, feelings,
and
thoughts of Bigger.
“Everytime I think about it I feel like
somebody’s poking a red-hot iron
down my throat…We live
here and they live there. We black and
they
white. They got things and we ain’t.
They do
things and we can’t…I feel like I’m on
the
outside the world peeping in through a
knot-
hole in the fence…” (20).
Bigger’s sense of constriction and of
confinement is very palpable to the
reader.
Wright also uses a more articulate voice
to
accurately describe the oppressive
conditions
of a Negro person. An anonymous black
cellmate,
a
university student cries out,
”You make us live in such crowded
conditions…
that one out of every ten of us is
insane…you dump all stale foods into
the Black Belt and sell
them for more than you can get
anywhere
else…
You tax us, but you wont build
hospitals…the
schools are so crowded that they breed
perverts…you hire us last and fire us
first…” (318)
Bigger’s sense of constriction by the
white
world
is so strong that he has no doubt that
“something awful’s going to happen to
me…” (21). Nowhere in this novel can
the reader see a
greater example of Bigger’s fear and
sense of
constriction than in the accidental death
of Mary
Dalton. The all-encompassing fear that
the
white
world has bred in Bigger takes over
when he is in
Mary’s room and in danger of being
discovered
by Mrs. Dalton. This internalized social
oppression literally forces his hands to
hold the
pillow over Mary’s face, suffocating her.
Bigger
believes that a white person would
assume
that
he was in the room to rape the white
girl.
Bigger’s violent reaction to fear is
inevitable.
When a person finds all outlets of
expression and
development either closed or severely
constrained, like Bigger’s, violence is
often
the
instinctive reaction to oppression.
6. Native Son
Max attitude toward racial relations
Lawyer max is a member of the
communist
union. He is an elderly man with the
reputation
of fighting for the right of the deprived
class and
clan. Lawyer max is quite considerate
and helpful. This is evident in his
relationship with
Bigger in the novel. Notwithstanding
the
allegations levelled against bigger,
lawyer max
staked his neck in bigger trial and does
all he
can to help bigger to get the sympathy
of the
court. Max, in the course of defending
the helpless in
the society is self willed and
indefatigable. He
sometimes speaks philosophically. He
compares mens belief about themselves
to the
steel and iron thigh holds a building
together.
Hjz interaction with bigger aids the
revelation of biggers mindset. Bigger
confides in Max that he
kills because of his hatred for the white.
He kills
in order to satisfy his urge and he
passes this
across to Max.
In a Nutshell, Max could be seen as an
advocate
and Vanguard of the defenceless
masses.
(6)
Max Boris: Max Boris is an idealistic
lawyer with communist sympathies
who
defends the protagonist Bigger Thomas
but comes under attack himself because
he is a communist and a Jew. More than
any other character, he understands
Bigger and forms a close relationship
with him.
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(4)
Lonely days
the writers narrative style in the novel
the writer ( bayo adebowale)
successfully use
dialogue to convey the thought and
feelings of the
characters in the prose. Some instances
of the use of dialogue include the
instance of varieties interaction
wite woye,as well as that of yaremis
interaction with
ajimobi.also dialogue is used in yaremi's
response to
her prospective lovers.
The writer resorts to the use of
omniscience
narrative tecnique to sussessfully draw
up the plot of the story and convey the
thought and feelings of
each of his characters
Idioms and proverbs are equally made
used of in the
play.some instance of this include
"the roater jar has broken and its
content spilled on
the bare floor" "when fire burns out it
succeds itself with wood
harsh and when the bannana dies it
replaces itself
with young suckers to ensure life
continuity
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(1)
Nii Kpakpo and Maa Tsuru are lovers in
the novel
(Faceless). Maa Tsuru is the mother of
Fofo, Baby T
and some other children. She does not
gave a stable
relationship as she comes across men
who
impregnates her and dumps her
afterwards. Being a gullible woman,
Maa Tsuru believes Nii
Kwakpo without questioning. She
however regrets
her relationship with the man later in
the novelbas
she realises her mistakes and gullibility.
Maa Tsuru
began to feel for the pinch. She
dropped a hint to
kpakpo but either he did not get it or
refused to get it. Kwakpo succeeds in
deceiving Maa Tsuru to part
with her daughter, Baby T, only for Maa
Tsuru to
regret it later when Baby T is being
gruesomely
murdered.
Section A:
3)
According to the novel:The widow
suffers
loneliness and solitude;she is alone
from dawn till
dusk,a castaway.Yaremi's case is
especially
pathetic because her children are now
adults and they do not live in kufi;Segi
lives in with her
husband at olode,Wura with her
husband at Apon;
and Alani lives in ibadan.Woye her
grandchild,whose company she enjoys
is soon
taken away from from her.Thus for
Yaremi.loneliness is a loyal
companion.To combat loneliness,Yaremi
makes woye her her grandchild
,her companion.She tells him stories and
they sing
together and also recall her times with
Ajumobi
both the good times and seemingly bad
moments.She recounts his care,his love
and
tenderness.she tend his grave often.she
even dreams about him.Yaremi's
loneliness is hightened
after her refusal to pick a cap at the cap
picking
ceremony.the villagers after the incident
begins to
avoid her.They are reluctant to share
pleasantries
with her.Lonely days is a testament to
Yaremi's
loneliness and the fact that lonely days
still lie ahead of her
Section B
5)
It is the society that makes bigger a
murderer.This
is due to racial oppression that thrive in
the
society.The blacks are generally
regarded as
belonging to the lowest rung on the
social ladder of the society.They
therefore,suffer the indigities of
this class and have their lower labour
exploited to
build wealth for the members of the
upper
class.However it is not only blacks who
are
oppressed as a result of their
socioeconomic
status.There are some many poor
whites people,according to max,is also
hated like the
blacks are hated.Max also notes that
some people
like himself and Jan who work to
defend the interst
of the working class are also
hated.Which is
another form of class oppression.To
perpetuate its
oppression of the lower class.The
oppress and the judiciary are used to
wipe up sentiment against
labour defender activist and to some
extent the
judicial system is also employed for the
same
purpose

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