Native sons

'Native Son' from the beginning was quite a surprising book. In Book one we get an introduction onto the main character's life- Bigger Thomas. Living in a small crowded apartment with rats and what not, being in pure poverty during the times of the The Great Depression. We see a common threat come out from poverty- gangs, and how Thomas is a part of one. We are then introduced to his hatred for white people- their superiority to that of Negroes. Then we see Bigger progress and get a job working for the Daltons taking the job of being a chauffeur for Mary Dalton. After the first day of work Bigger ends up killing Mary by accidentally suffocating her, then ends up burning her up in the furnace. Due to his actions Bigger has to face a lot of consequences. Bigger has been making himself seem suspicious with certain actions that he does. Like when he runs away from the scene where two men end up finding Mary's bones in the furnace. All evidence is against him during the trial that later decides that he will have the death penalty. I honestly believe that Bigger does deserve the end of having the Death Penalty due to the fact that he has not only taken away Mary and Bessie's life, but as stated I the book- others as well. I believe that even if he faced these hardships of being poor and black during the time, that shouldn't be reason enough to let him "off the hook". I believe that it was a strong decision for a strong event: indeed. The thing is that nothing gave him the right to take a human life away. When he was doing the actions he didn't quite think of Mercy, so it would be hypocritical of him to think of mercy for himself. Therefore I can say that the death penalty is a punishment well deserved by Bigger Thomas. It's just that I still don't believe that those two main factors should be enough to justify him as innocent, if he really wanted to live without the influences he could have done something for his life and wouldn't have been too radical about certain things that he did.