Quote
"[Bigger] paused again, wondering about the man [Max] who had just left, amazed at how friendly he acted. for a fleeting moment, while the man had been in his cell, he had not felt apprehensive, cornered. The man had acted straight, matter-of-fact. It was something he could not understand" (341).
Significance
I chose this because it represents Bigger's main problem. Bigger cannot understand how a white person does not have to be part of this 'great force' he is used to. He is so used to be hated by every white person he sees, it doesn't make sense how some white people he meets are not like that. This quote could also be taken a different way. The reader could also see it as 'he cannot accept what he is seeing because if he does, he will be forced to face the wrong he has done."
Question
Will Max help Bigger to break this misunderstanding of white people as an 'unstoppable force'?
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