Native Son pg. 286-240 #1 "For the first time in his life a white man became a human being to him; and the reality of Jan's humanity came in a stab of remorse: he had killed what this man loved and had hurt him" (289)

I chose this quote because this is the first time Bigger realizes that what he did affected other people besides himself. The entire time after killing Mary, Bigger was worried about how this would affect himself, but in his conversation with Jan, he notices how sad Mary's death made Jan. This is even worse for Bigger because he finally realized that Jan was just trying to help him. It is sad because Bigger hurt the one white person that was on his side.

Why is Jan still willing to help Bigger?