I got that the white community hoped to make a specticle and lesson oout of Bigger which was not surprising given the circumstances of the murder and the times. I didn't like that the author portrayed Bigger as dull and unresponsive when first put in jail. He needed to rage out if he wanted white folks to know his suffering, not in ridiculous actions like killing people but with words. All through the book he could never articulate well. That was frustrating for me as a reader. I was interested to see how much latitude the papers and lawyers had with both Bigger and the communist party. If people really could say and print stuff like that back then, we have come a long way today in protecting peoples rights.