Book 3—Fate P230, 1st 4 lines—BT comes to terms w/ fate Diction—‘thrown’ suggests he had no control Also suggests that murder was the only force in life that ever defined his life w/ meaning 230, 4th full para—his existence was always one of alienation “…no merging w/ some other part of the natural world…”

233-35—Language in Newspaper article Wright created this ‘article’ from pieces published in Chicago He wasn’t simply trying to be outrageous Language like this was used to describe black criminals Notice attitude of white America towards blacks

235-38—How is Reverend Hammond characterized?? A stooge, a sincere man??? P238, middle—Jan expresses understanding of BT This suggests that even though naïve, Jan is also rational and enlightened He is able to separate his emotions from his intellect

P239, bottom—this suggest BT achieve redemption??? 244, top—Max discusses idea that circumstances influenced BT’s behavior

268-71--Dalton’s Testimony In this section we see Dalton’s behavior represents the white power structure It also represents his complicity in the circumstances that influenced BT’s behavior that led to the death of Mary Thus far, we might consider Dalton as a noble character NAASP donations, $5 weekly bonus, paid for education of previous chauffeur, etc

269—here he evades landlord responsibilities Blames external forces like supply and demand for rent gouging Why doesn’t he rent apartments to blacks outside of the black neighborhood??? 270—“Old custom”—evades complicity

But he never realizes this 270—Dalton is responsible for BT living in a one room apartment b/c he controls where people can live But he never realizes this 271, “Do you think that the terrible conditions…” What is the answer to that question???

273—the value of Mary’s death vs. that of Bessie How are the two deaths treated differently???

287-92—Nature of the racial divide 287, middle, “Mr. Max, we’re all split up.” The barrier 287, “Yeah, Bigger said…” para “…you whipped before you born….” Suggests how circumstances conditioned him “They don’t care if you die.” Suggests social indifference and explains the hostility BT feels

288, middle. Here BT articulates his crippling frustration w/ how he is treated Bottom of page He articulates the control the white world has on him

289, below middle, “‘I don’t know.’” BT tells what he got out of killing two women 291-92—BT wrests control away from the whites He took a chance and lost There are others like BT in the world

308(bottom)-322— Max’s closing arguments 309, bottom—BT is in the hands of a hostile race, not a jury of his peers 311—far worse than BT have gone free, but outrage over his crime demand quick execution for the safety of society 315-17—notice the difference b/w Leopold and Loeb and BT: no premeditation

Max’s argument is identical to Clarence Darrow’s for Leopold and Loeb: 377-18—Social custom segregates the races in the courtroom, no instructions What does Max’s suggest the impact of this is over 12 million black people??? Max’s argument is identical to Clarence Darrow’s for Leopold and Loeb: The actions of both were conditioned But whites won’t by this on the part of a black man

323-28—Closing arguments from prosecution Identify all non-flattering and incendiary diction that describes BT Wright also took this language from court records of the time. Bottom 326-27is particularly inflammatory

334, last para, “He had lived outside…” Born alienated, lived alienated, and will die alienated

335-339—Redemption??? 335, “I ain’t trying to dodge…” and following 5 lines 338—”Mr. Max, you go home….” Is he redeeming himself here??? 339, What I killed for must have been good…” What kind of redemption is this

Is he at peace w/ reality of his actions and sentence or is he redeemed??? Redemption deliverance from sin; Salvation: atonement for guilt.