Native Son pg. 54-77 "At the moment he felt toward Mary and Jan a dumb, cold, and inarticulate hate" (67).

I chose this quote because I think it shows how Bigger is very insecure and is uncomfortable with white people. Here, Jan and Mary are being nice to Bigger, but Bigger has never had a white person act this way towards him before so he is unsure of how to respond. Bigger initially felt that they despised him because he was black and that they were somehow making fun of him by being nice to him. I think Bigger has a right to feel this way towards white people because he has seen white people acted poorly to black people and he must keep his guard up at all times when dealing with white people.

Why does it seem that Bigger does not trust Jan?