The Rez

The Indians who live on the Reservation feel like they were left there to die. The Reservation seems like a place where the whites can leave all hopes to die. The Indians believe that the Rez is always the only thing holding them back. That since white people put them there they can't go elsewhere. 

The problem is they believe white people have the most hope. Everyone has the same amount of hope because it comes from within. You just have to find it like how Junior did in the story. Hope is something that nobody can take away from you. Only you can take it away. Hope comes from dreams, desires, goals so you must have your eyes set on something to acquire hope. The Indians believe they were born without hope. I believe that they were just born with hope but were without being able to realize it.

However many Indians look to blame their problems on the white people, which is reasonable, but they never look at themselves. The Indians tell each other that there's nothing you can do, because that's all they've learned or been taught in life. Many Indians give up on life far too early, which is why they don't often succeed on a lot of things. If Indians began to believe they can do it they might be able to get themselves off the Rez.

However in some cases Indians are right to blame white people for their struggle. In a white America the opportunities for all others are kept to minimum. They can't let anyone else succeed so they find ways to bring them down. The problem is if you get brought down there's no coming back. You start at a disadvantage, but many people have come back from it for instance Arnold in the story or look at our President. It's not impossible to succeed in our world nowadays, but many Indians see it that way, because they were left for dead on the Rez.

Native Sons

Based on being a reader and my common knowledge of today, I believe I would've sentenced Bigger to the death penalty. Bigger committed lots of crimes in his life and the two biggest being rape and murder. I would like to say I feel terrible for Bigger because I realize that the society around him created him. I do believe the society around him kept him down. However I believe the biggest thing that kept Bigger Thomas down, was Bigger Thomas.
Bigger Thomas' life was miserable and an effect of society. The society around Bigger shaped him
entirely. I believe the reason he feared and hated white people is because the white people feared and hated him. Bigger Thomas' thoughts were all thoughts that the whites wanted him to think. However when Bigger killed he became something that whites don't want. He felt free and that he could do anything he pushed himself to do.
Honestly I think murder is a terrible, disgusting thing but I realize that it can give you a sense of power over your life that you may not feel normally. I believe that Bigger felt like he had finally achieved what he wanted all his life, freedom and power. However it was short lived because of course committing murder is terrible.
I believe that Bigger Thomas deserved a second chance after killing Mary, because he was doing it to gain power of his life. I believe that many other people's influence on him caused him to do that. However him killing Bessie is never okay. Killing Bessie is understandable from a criminal point of view, but he's not a criminal. However him killing Bessie made him to be a killer. I also believe that his raping of Mary is Bigger's fault, but Mary became a factor in the this rape. However how do you really know Bigger's thinking if he can do it again with Bessie. I believe something that makes Bigger more of a criminal and effect of his society is he treats whites better than blacks. I believe that he knows he was wrong with "raping" and killing Mary, but I think it was perfectly fine for him to do it to a BLACK WOMAN. At the end of the day I believe Bigger is in the wrong and should've recieved the death penalty.

Principles to Stick To

Principles to stick to....
Do I even have one, because there's nothing I can think of that I'd say I wouldn't do in case of an apocalypse. I guess I could say nothing in order to lose my dignity or integrity. If It came down to it I wouldn't like talk about someone who was talking about me. I would address it with them because people that hate anonymously is so annoying. I mean c'mon, are you seriously that scared that you can't say what you have to say face to face. Because if you can't say it face to face how can I ever trust anybody. People that hate anonymously remind me of people that have nothing better to do in their lives, so they try to bring others down with them. People who hate anonymously literally are the most funniest, yet annoying thing ever. It shows people that in order to amuse or pleasure yourself you have to talk about them. I don't believe in "sneak dissing" because how are you going to get the problem addressed if you ignore it when you're with them. These are my few principles to stick to because I'm not a very moral person.