"Bigger knew that Max was trying to make him feel that he accepted the way he looked at things and it made him as self-conscious as when Jan had taken his hand and shaken it that night" (346).
Here's another white man who is trying to make Bigger feel equal to him. Bigger's been brought up to know that he is not equal to the white folks but Jan and Max have contradicted that thought. This confuses Bigger therefore making him feel self-conscious about his skin color. "He did not want his feelings tampered with; he feared he might walk into another trap" (347). It's difficult for Bigger to trust those he wouldn't normally trust because when he does it usually does nothing for him. The way Jan and Mary treated him, he felt as though they were messing with his emotions. That's why he felt like she made him kill her. However, he keeps getting confronted with different situations where people want to help him and he wants to believe them but is afraid.
Does Bigger still believe he walked into a trap set by Mary and Jan?
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