At War: Bigger's Id, Ego, and Superego Compete

1. "He had his hand on the doorknob, waiting, his muscles taut. He had to be careful with his answers now. And yet he knew he had a certain protection; he knew that a certain element of shame would keep Mrs. Dalton from asking him too much and letting him know that she was worried. He was a boy and she was an old woman. He was the hired and she was the hirer. And there was a certain distance to be kept between them" (p. 121).
2. "But of the whole business there was one angle that bothered him; he should have gotten more money out of it; he should have planned it. He had acted too hastily and accidentally. Next time things would be much different; he would plan and arrange so that he would have money enough to keep him a long time" (p. 123).

I think he was using the ego because he had a grasp of reality and he knew what he was thinking and even though he was kind of uncomfortable, he knew what to say so that he wouldn't get too involved with the whole Marry situation. Also, when he was alone, he was thinking of doing it again and he sees it as something that isn't regretable.

Native Son murder reflection

 My reaction to Bigger killing Marry was surprising because first of all he never even meant to kill her he only meant to silence her so he would not get caught  when Mrs. Dalton was asking for Marry. Then again knowing him by the previous situations he has had, it was kind of expected that he would do something about the dead body. He was in a state of shock, he was terrified and he was paranoid. He was not trying to loose his job and more importantly, he was not trying to get caught. The way he was thinking was kind of creepy though because he was basically doing things that he did not need to do, like decapitating her head. that was kind of sick because even though he was scared, he could have just dumped the body in the water