Native Son: Greater In his most famous novel, Native Sun, Richard Wright successfully develops three major themes: racism, violence as a personal necessity and social injustice. He captured the powerful emotions and suffering, the frustrations and desires, the turmoil and hysteria of all Bigger Thomas in this dramatic and gripping novel. Wright shows us, through Bigger Thomas, how bad things were for the black race. It tells the story of how Bigger grew up in a one-room apartment, living with his family and his rats. The rent was very high and his mother was barely able to pay it. Bigger's education, like that of most blacks at that time, did not extend beyond the eighth grade. Without the help of the Relief Agency, Bigger and his family may not have been able to survive for long financially. Bigger had no money except for the spare change his mother gave him, so he usually just hung out at the pool hall, which was in the black neighborhood, or south side. Bigger used to do small jobs with his friends, but everyone, including Bigger, wanted to pull off a big job by robbing Blum's store. But they were afraid of getting caught for robbing a white man. They know that the police don't care about black people and would probably charge them with many other crimes. Luckily for Bigger, the Rescue Agency found him a job with the Daltons. When Bigger first went to the Dalton house, he brought his gun because he felt equal to the whites. When Bigger arrived at the Dalton house, he didn't know whether to enter the house through the front door or the back door. He looks for a way to the back and realizes that the only way in is through the front door. When he rang the doorbell, he felt very disturbed. And when he started talking to Mr. Dalton, Mr. Dalton questions Bigger about his past crimes, which put Bigger under pressure. Then Mary Dalton came in and asked Bigger if he was a union member, if he knew about communism, and more questions, until her father finally asked her to leave the room. Bigger was afraid that this little brat would make him lose his job. Then he meets Peggy, a maid, who asks Bigger all these questions, as if he could understand what