Richard Wright's main character in Native Son, Bigger Thomas, was created from many different things, both in the novel and in the real world. Throughout the novel Bigger's actions reflect his many flaws stemming from his poor childhood. Bigger's family, even though they are very close to him due to their small house, annoys him every time they talk to him and he feels like he doesn't have a close relationship with any of them except his little brother Buddy who Bigger can tolerate. Bigger's poor childhood and family background, poor education, and numerous prejudices contributed to the main reason he became a man. Like Bigger, Adolf Hitler's childhood seemed to lead at times to his need for power and his anger towards others. Unlike Bigger, Adolf had both parents in his life, but where Bigger had little to no contact with his mother, Adolf had both his parents, mainly his father, disappointingly; which was usually followed by many harsh words and the occasional beating. Although Adolf was the second eldest son of the Hitler family, his brother "Alois had enough of this treatment and ran away from home, never to see his father again, putting young Adolf, aged 7, in line for the same treatment" (paragraph 11, Meier). After Hitler's brother ran away from home, his father's anger and discontent seemed to fall on little Hitler. Hitler's father, after working in the civil service for 40 years, seemed to never really quit his job, he expected his children to obey everything he said and if what he said didn't happen, punishment would soon follow . Hitler never liked his family in his youth and everything they did made him nervous. Hitler, like Bigger, disliked his family in childhood and seemed...... a middle of paper......wanted to get to the bottom of the robbery of Blum's shop, tries his best to find a way out and finds one by degrading Gus. Gus shows up late at the intended place, Doc's, and Bigger quickly attacks Gus. After kicking Gus in the back of the legs, Gus lowers his eyes and begins to walk away from Bigger; showing that Bigger already has power over Gus, but not enough in Bigger's eyes. Bigger suddenly grabs Gus and begins to choke him, without consciously thinking about it, then “Bigger's hand moved so quickly that no one saw it; a glittering blade flashed” (38, Wright). Immediately after pulling out the knife, Bigger begins to hear laughter from Doc and the others in the gang, so he decides to further humiliate Gus and make him lick the blade of his knife. The Greater, like Stalin, uses the fear of others to gain power and dominance, which shows that a Greater could live in today's society..