"'Jesus, Mr. Max, when folks says things like that about you, you whipped before you born'" (351).
In this quote, we see Bigger openly contributing to the black sterotype common in the 30s. Throughout the book, it seemed like Bigger was fighting that same stereotype, and here he's using it as an excuse for his actions. This sort of thinking is contradictory to our undrstanding of Bigger, and I think this is simply a reason his mind has fallen back on since he can't really explain his real motives, his feelings. Because Bigger can't express himself, he turns to the reason that he possibly thinks is the closest to his feelings and uses that.
Do you think Bigger will ever learn to express himself?
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