What I Learned

By reading Native Son I learned many things and it did change my point of view of the history of the current world. I learned that people act certain ways sometimes because their trying to hide things that scared of. Also that everyone has a different person in them that they try not to show but can't help it at times. Learning these things and many others, I understand now how certain people in history acted the way they acted. At first I would question their actions, but now it is more understandable to me of the actions they took.
I also learned that everything is connected some way. There is a reason why you act the way you do. Events and your surroundings affect your life and the way you are and will be in life. Not only with yourself but the way you'll act with others. Then that will lead to how successful you'll be in life or what kind of life you'll live. A comfortabel life with yourself and who you are or a life where you hate yourself and what you stand for.

Bigger's Letter

To: The World Consumed By the White Man's Grasp

My intention in this letter is not to give and ask for forgiveness, it is
merely a letter of frustration and anger. I can not lie and say that I
am innocent, because I would just be pulling your string. For you
have enough evidence against me. I am frustrated and angry for
the fact that I am being characterized under such circumstances
as being just another "black guy killing a white woman" a rich one
in my case. As you have probably heard there has been a lot of talk
about me being a Communist or that they were somehow involved
in Miss Dalton's death, but I have news for you. I had no help from
the "Reds," yes, you heard me, it was me, all me. I knew what I had
done, and I felt such an overwhelming feeling of power when I did it.
Yet I still do not regret what I have done. This is what society has
made me, in fact it is what the world has made out of me. This world,
this white society, has controlled everything I could, want or ever
wished to do. Did you know I had dreams of becoming an aviator,
but as fast as that dream came, it left, for no black guy would or
could do such thing? Yes, this feeling of sense of power and freedom
is what drove me to do such deed. Killing this "white woman" as you
call it, was the closest I ever came to escaping the white man's grasp,
what they expected from me and what they wanted me to be. For I
will not let myself be entwine into becoming just another "black guy"
statistic in a white man's world.

Bigger Thomas

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My Perspective

My perspective of history or of the world hasn't really changed after reading "Native Son". Richard Wright used sterotypes in this book which only helped me to believe that an African American can do such crimes as kill an innocent person. If anything, Wright made me believe that they are really dangerous and don't deserve a chance. Although Bigger did kill the first time and that was an accident, the second time wasn't. Then once he commited the crime, he felt powerful, like he was flying, on the top of the world, and anyone who feels like that, isn't innocent.So in Wrights mind African Americans are just like any other race in America, which I already knew, so I didn't learn anything from this book I didn't already know.

Option #1

After reading Native Son, by Richard Wright, it has changed my perspective of the world a bit. The world has many people and many points of view. There are many cultures and many races. Everyone has there problems and there solution, they may not be the best solutions but for that person, it is. Now that I’ve read Native Son, I would think of my problems and try to solve them the best way possible, and I think that should go for everyone.

Like Bigger Thomas for instant, he suffocated Mary by accident and tried to hide it. If you do something wrong and if you know that you didn’t do it on purpose, you should tell the truth and don’t lie about it. You should always stick to what you know is right, no matter what anyone says. If you know that you are telling the truth then, never let any one say that you are responsible for what you’re not.

Option # 1

A reflection about what I learned as human being from reading Native Son written by Richard Wright is that it will change my perspective of what I’ll do next time or when I have to say something. This book is about the choices people make; for example at some point even sometimes you’re caught up in situations beyond our control. The novel also changed the way I felt about what happened back in the 1930s how prejudice changed the way people thought about each other as a consequences of being different colors. It showed me that times were worse than I expected. It should teach us that if someone is a different color, that person should be able to have the same rights as anyone else. Also, that racism should never be an issue, which resulted in the separation of people throughout the U.S. for many years. As for myself I don’t judge others on they’re appearance, only on their character it’s the little things people do that mean the most.

A Letter To The World (from bigger).

Dear world or anybody reading this letter,

I am Bigger Thomas Ive been in jail for a long time. I have learned a lot from what I've done. I'm sorry if I hurt anyone I didn't mean to but, I was going threw some changes that led me to mistakes. All the world do was be itself they weren't against me they were doing as everyone was too. Except for one organization the has changed my life and made me see things different.

This organization is called the Jehovah's Witness and they have led me to see the truth. One day they came to jail preaching and, they kept on coming for about 1 1/2 year and i kept rejecting them saying that i don't want nothing. Until i finally listened to a word they said "eternal life" after the word they said i kept on paying attention. He talked to me about how the world is going to end and how humanity will not suffer nor die which is on the bible in revelation 21;4. they showed me everything proving it to me in the bible my faith got stronger as i kepted on studying i was finally happy.

I learned that killing is bad and i started to cry to Jehovah to forgive me for the pain that I've done to people. I am sorry I am really really sorry if i would of known what i know now This mess wouldn't of happened. In genesis 4 Cain killed Abel and he regreted it and that's exactly how i feel just like Cain. I learned my lesson and I'm ready to get out but, when the court lets me. I learned my lesson in so many ways like in what i did was wrong, not to be races, and how I'm not supposed to do things like that.

They taught me that god loves all of us whether we are black,white or any race cause god is love(1john 4:8). Now I'm here in jail learning and regretting but, hoping that god forgives for what I've done. The court made an agreement to let me go in 10 years and, yes i will be old but, happy to preach gods word(Matthew 24:19,20).I regret everything I've done but the persons that i killed will be resurrected as john 5:28,29 says and we will all live an a paradise for eternal life on earth with no sickness and everyone will be perfect.The anger i had in me is gone i am a changed man with pure happiness and you to could learn what I've learned if you seek help from a Jehovah's witness.

Thanks to the Jehovah's Witness I have learned the truth and gods name JEHOVAH(psalms 83:18).Thank you sincerely Bigger Thomas