"Around him were silence and night and snow falling, falling as though it had fallen from the beginning of time and would always fall till the end of the world" (184).
This quote uses our new symbol--snow. Here, I believe it represents/foreshadows two different things. For one, it could be a foreshadowing of the 'white world'. It literally falls. There has always been some type of race oppressing the other, but in the end it always fails. This, perhaps, could be representing that idea and also foreshadowing what would eventually happen with this time period. Also, it could mean that there is always somebody there that tries to put you down. For Bigger, it's the whites, repsented by the snow. They'll always be there, and they'll always be an obstacle for him to overcome.
What else do people see this quote meaning, or is it just a description of the environment?
When Bigger seals the letter by licking it, can't they identify him by DNA? Or is technology not that advanced back then?
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