Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas. Bigger is a twenty year-old poor black man hired by a wealthy white family, and then accidentally kills the prominent young daughter out of fear. In covering up her death, he allows his emotions to get the better of him, and he rapes and kills another girl.
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Englischliteratur Topic Fiction Violence Crisis of Identity