chapter 1 : "that damn rat"

summary:
Bigger Thomas and his family wake up in their Chicago apartment. and bigger and his brother have to turn away from their mother and sister as they dress because the apartment only has one room. then a big black rat runs across the room and Vera and his mother scream and jump on the bed. Bigger and Buddy run around trying to catch and kill the rat. but the rat attacks Bigger and bites a hole in his leg. then he takes the skillet and smashes it over the rats head, killing it. then Bigger takes the rat and holds it in front of his sisters face to make her scared. then Bigger's mom sings a song while she is cooking and he gets really annoyed by it and he storms outside. then he started thinking about the plan he had with his friends to rob a white man names Mr. Blum. Bigger and his gang have committed other crimes but never against a white man. which was a little scary to Bigger.


analysis:
the first book is called fear probably because in this book he is overwhelmed with fear at many times. when the big black rat is in the room, when he is being interviewed by the white man for his job and many other times. he holds fear because he cant afford to help his family with their needs and make enough money to help them by getting a bigger house or food. i think they put this beginning of the rat and all the craziness because they wanted to show everyone how the first book would be. it was all about fear and trying to overcome his fears.