Dream Deffered Essay, Research Paper
?Dream Deferred?
?He knew as he stood there that he could never tell why he killed. It was not that he did
not really want to tell, but the telling of it would have involved an explanation of his
entire life.?
-Richard Wright
Bigger is a product of society. As Hannibal Lecter so poignantly points out in
Silence of the Lambs, ?Serial killers aren?t born, they?re made.? Bigger was created;
shaped by the limitations naturally put on African-Americans of that time. He was told
what he couldn?t do from the moment he was born. He attended schools where he was
taught the same things as the white children but when he left he wasn?t able to put that
knowledge to use like the white children. Bigger cracked, or ?exploded? because he
could not begin to fulfill his ambitions. he allowed what his life meant to enter his
consciousness and a young girl suffered the consequence. He?s accomplished his goals to
the best of his ability. He?s crossed boundaries that his peers only dream about. If you
can?t beat ?em join em, well he couldn?t join ?em so he did his best to beat ?em. What
does happen to a dream deferred? what if you never had the possibility of realizing that
dream. Isn?t that the same as being hopeless? ?Your honor, remember that men can
starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread! And they
can murder for it too (Max).? A dream deferred doesn?t dry up, it doesn?t fester, they all
explode sooner or later.