Native Son

        In  Book Three of Richard Wright's Native Son, Bigger is finally put into trial for his crimes. Max, Bigger's lawyer, gives a speech of confession in Bigger's behalf. He talks about how Mary Dalton's Murder was not of Bigger's fault. Bigger was pressured by the white people that controls the whole situation. The African Americans are controlled by the more dominant white society. The African Americans have no freedom and every wrong doing that they do is always caused by the pressure of the white society. Max states that Bigger did what he did to Mary Dalton because he was pressured to do it and and he had no other options. This really shows the theme of political corruption and how African Americans societies are isolated from other societies.