Native Son

Response to Native Son What is the American Dream? The answer for everyone will be different, but based upon personal experience and observation, the American Dream is the ability to be happy in life. Bigger Thomas was not happy in life. This is obvious from the beginning when Bigger talks about his family life and the situation that they are in. “He hated his family because he knew that they were suffering and that he …showed first 75 words of 958 total…

…showed last 75 words of 958 total…of family life, lack of self-esteem, and a lack of the person being able to communicate well with others in their environment. If a person can learn to over come these obstacles, happiness is not far out of reach.” [www.trinitashospital.org] This being true then Bigger Thomas embodies all of these symptoms further proving the fact that he simply had the chance, but not the drive, or want, to chase and seize his happiness.