Chapter2. -Playing Yellow(pgs. 12-29)

ends at: ""lets walk""

Bigger watched 2 men across the street. They were putting up campaign posters for a man named Buckley. Bigger looked at words “If You Break The Law, You Can’t Win!” that were at the top of the poster. But Bigger knew that a man could win if he paid Mr.Buckley. Bigger looked inside his pockets and found twenty-six cents(i guess that was like $2.00 back then). Gus and Bigger then saw eachother. They watch an airplane write some words in smoke. Bigger wished that he could fly a plane, but was convinced that the "white man" would not let him go that far in life. Gus thinks that Bigger could fly a plane, but only if he he was wealthy(had money) and was not a black person. Bigger thought that white people did not let the blacks do anything. Gus and Bigger were palying and acted like they were white, and like they were in the army trying to keeps the blacks"under control". Gus and Bigger go into the poolhall to see Jack and G. H.. Bigger bourght up the plan to rob the store up the street, Mr. Blum's, but says that Jack, G.H., and Gus are too scared to do it. Jack and G. H. agree to rob the store, but Gus didn't say anything. Bigger said that Gus too scared to rob a white man, but in reality it was Bigger who was scared and blamed it on his friends. Gus still didn't say anything. Then Bigger screamed and cussed at Gus. Gus exposed Biggers plan to balme his friends and says that in fact Bigger was the ont that was "scared". Bigger was mad and he said he was going to hit Gus, but then Gus said he would rob Blum's. They all say that they will rob Blum's at 3:00 when the cops are up the street. They would have 2 watch the doors, and 1 hold him up and another grab the money box behind the counter. G. H. and Gus tooka a walk.

Analysis: I think that Bigger feels that he can not achieve anything in life, espically because he has no money and looked at the poster that said "If You Break The Law, You Can't Win". That was a sign that may have made him feel that you can not do anything unless you have money or/and you are white. When they were playing as if they were white, that was also a sign that blacks were put down in the community because they said the white people won't let you do anything! He felt that he couldn't achieve as much as to fly a plane, and they said that they wanted to keep the blacks "undercontrol" when they played like they were in the army. When Bigger became angry at Gus for not agreeing at first, he was trying to again cover up his weakness. Bigger's attitude towards things that do not go his way are a result of Bigger and the way he feels he has to look to the world. He lashes out with anger for little things, and those are just little cluse to figuring out his character and why he act this way.