"[Bigger] remembered seeing many cartoons of Communists in newspapers and always they had flaming torches in their hands and wore beards and were trying to commit murder or set things on fire...All he could recall having learned about Communists was associated in his mind with darkness, old houses, people speaking in whispers, and trade unions on strike." (65-66)
I think this quote is significant because it combines the theme of Communism with the Negative Portrayal by the media. All Bigger's ever heard of Communists was depictions of murderous psychotics. Now he feels he may have met one in real life and he's beginning to wonder what exactly a communist is, whether they're just like Mary and Jan, or whether they really somewhere inside like the political cartoons he saw.
Do you think Bigger will become a communist?
Will Bigger see his family again, since he has to live in the Daltons' house?
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