Native Son
�Do you believe in fate Neo,� Morpheus asks. �No,� Neo responds. �Why not?� �Because I don�t like the idea that I�m not in control of my life,� Neo explains. In this scene (from the blockbuster smash hit The Matrix) a parallel can be drawn between Neo and Bigger Thomas (the protagonist in Richard Wright�s novel ) because Bigger shares Neo�s feelings about fate. Bigger Thomas, a boy who has grown up with the chains of white society holding him back from opportunity, has only one solution to escape from the white walls which are closing in on him. His solution is to kill two women (one of whom is the daughter of a rich white family) to demonstrate that he is fed up with his life being ...
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of white people�s false belief of superiority. With every cause there is an effect, and the effect that this burden has on Bigger turns him into an animal, living for only one thing, survival.
�There he is again, Bigger!� the woman screamed, and the tiny, one-room apartment galvanized into violent action. A chair toppled as the woman, half dressed in her stocking feet, scrambled breathlessly upon the bed. Her two sons, barefoot, stood tense and motionless, their eyes searching anxiously under the bed and chairs. The girl ran into the corner, half stooped and gathered the hem of he slip into both of her hands and held it tightly over her knees� A huge black rat squealed and leaped at Bigger�s trouser-leg and snagged it in his teeth hanging on� Bigger aimed and let the skillet fly with a heavy grunt. There was a shattering of wood as the box caved in� The woman screamed and hid her face in her hands. Bigger tiptoed forward and peered. �I got �im,� he muttered [.] (4-6)
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