Bigger Thomas commits a series of crimes after accidentally killing Mary Dalton. He tries to cover up the murder by burning her body in the furnace and framing Jan for her disappearance. However, when a bone is found in the furnace, Bigger goes on the run with Bessie. In his panic, he ends up killing Bessie as well. Bigger hides in abandoned buildings and breaks into homes as the police search for him. He is eventually cornered on a rooftop and arrested for his crimes.
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2. Event 1: Bigger woke up in his own house & he is
determined to get rid of Mary's purse & the
Communist pamphlets.
Bigger needs to get rid
of the evidence that he
leaves behind. By
placing the pamphlets
in his room he is
planning to blame the
disappearance of Mary
on Jan.
3. Event 2: Bigger goes to the Dalton's to
check on the fire & runs into Peggy.
Bigger is curious to know
if Mary's body is
completely burned. He
wants to examine the
furnace but he runs into
Peggy making it so that
he has to hide his
reasoning for being in
the basement.
4. Event 3: Bigger blames Jan for the
disappearance of Mary.
Mr. Britten questions Bigger's
where abouts with Mary and
Bigger changes his story
throughout the process. He
finally reveals that Mary never
went to the school and that he
brought Mary to Jan. Thus the
idea of blaming Jan emerged in
his head and he made up a new
story to correspond with the
disappearance.
5. Event 4: Bigger writes a letter to the Dalton's
saying that they have their daughter.
Bigger convinces
Bessie to help him
with the note. He
says that the Dalton's
will pay to get Mary
back.
6. Event 5: Jan is currently in jail.
Cops suspect Jan to be the
murderer of Mary. When he
is free to go, he rejects the
offer and stays at jail. His
reasoning for staying is that
he can prove he had nothing
to do with the murder
because when the outside
events keep happening, it
wouldn't trace back to him.
7. Event 6: The press find Mary's bone in he
furnace.
When the press scattered
around the Dalton's home, they
were invited inside to talk about
the curious events that have
been occurring. As Bigger is
trying to clear out the ashes
from the furnace, smoke floats
through the air making a man
from the press get up and clear
the ashes himself. When the
man finds the bone, Bigger
quickly tip toed upstairs and
escaped out of the window.
8. Event 7: Bigger runs away to Bessie's
house.
Bigger tells Bessie
the truth about Mary
and that they have to
move quickly in order
to keep from going to
jail.
9. Event 8: Bigger finds an abandoned
building.
Bigger and Bessie stay
at the abandoned
building for the night.
Bessie sobs about the
situation. It is so cold
outside they both are
freezing.
10. Event 9: Bigger kills Bessie.
Bigger starts to think about
how Bessie will continue to
whine and sob throughout
the journey so he kills her
with a brick. With no
remorse, he tosses her body
to the side beneath the
window so no one would be
able to see her. Then he
realized that he should get
rid of her and he throws her
body down the air shaft.
11. Event 10: Bigger steals the newspaper.
After Bigger throws Bessie
down the air shaft, he realized
that she kept the money in her
dress pocket. Refusing to go
back, he doesn't want to see
her face so he continues to
leave. His curious mind controls
his actions of stealing the
newspaper. He figures out that
the cops are close to him and
he is trying to find a place to
hide.
12. Event 11: Bigger breaks into a home.
Bigger find a place to hide.
He stays there to warm up
and then he is on the move.
He buys bread from the
bakery and then he gets a
newspaper. Bigger hides his
face from the people so they
don't realize who he is.
13. Event 12: Bigger breaks into another
home.
Bigger updates
himself on the
newspaper. He
realizes that the
police are close by
and he should be
cautious of whats
going on.
14. Event 13: Bigger goes to the roof of the
building.
Bigger knows the
cops are in the area
and he prepares to
hide from them. He
climbs to the trapdoor
and he hides on the
roof.
15. Event 14: Bigger kills the police man Jerry
and tries to run to a different roof.
Bigger sees that the
roofs are connected
and tries to escape
when the time is right.
He waits for the cops
to go downstairs so
her can make his
move.
16. Event 15: Bigger is finally caught.
Bigger gets captured.
The police sees him
try to escape to the
other roof and they
call backup.