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.