"She doubled up with laughter. He tightened with hate"(Wright 81).
Bigger is never at ease with white people, especially Mary. To him she is a ticking time bomb, about to get him fired. Every one of her care free actions make him all the more nervous. This nervous energy comes to a climax when Mrs. Dalton comes in and nearly catches him with Mary. Bigger acts on an impulse. A crazy person needing desperately to survive, Bigger does not know what to do. Rather he knows how to solve his immediate problem, yet not the repercussions. The more the situation spiraled out of control, the less Bigger was able to think clearly. He is numb to all feelings except hate, fear, and tension, and he acts to appease these feelings, no matter the awful terrible results.
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