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Bigger's Done A Crime

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Bigger is the one that gets caught and gets arrested.” But, Jack , ever’nigger looks guilty t’ white folks when somebody’s done a crime.” ( Wright 251). This quote means that when a black person commits a crime they spend most of their time feeling guilty and regretting. Bigger spend most of his time regretting what he did to Mary. Lucky is quite different he gets caught and he was arrested too, but Lucky runs away from the police by making himself sick and at night he kills one guard and uses the guard uniform to run away.

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