Bigger does not think things through. That is what gets him in all the trouble he has gone through in the text. In many instances, Bigger fails to react well to the situation and never thinks of the repercussions actions he is about to commit. For example when he dumps Bessie's body down the air shafts before retrieving his money and when he jumps out the window when they find the bones in the furnace. If I was on the jury, I would be convinced by Max's argument that Bigger was forced to commit his acts because of society. Maybe since I have gotten to know Bigger throughout the book, I cannot think of him as a stranger and it causes me to be bias. But I definitely think Max provides a good argument to why Bigger was forced to commit his acts because of white oppression.
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