Native Son pg. 78-93 "She was dead and he had killed her. He was a murderer, a Negro murderer, a black murderer. He had killed a white woman" (87).

I chose this quote because I believe this shows how Bigger finally blew it. All his life Bigger had done some stupid things, but nothing compares to this. By killing a white woman, there was no way he would go unpunished. Bigger could have just brought Mary into her room and left right away and maybe could have gotten out undetected, but, of course, Bigger stuck around and got himself into moretrouble than ever before. I think it is especially important in this quote to notice how he calls himself a black murderer because if he had killed a black woman, he would still get in trouble, but there would not be as much importance as killing a white woman.

How will Bigger be able to get out of his difficult situation?