Good Intentions In Saint Bernard Of Claivaux's 'Native Son'

Good Intentions There is a famous proverb; The Road to hell is paved with good intentions, originated by Saint Bernard of Claivaux. In Native Son, a number of characters that fall into this category. They believe that they are doing what is best for this person; however, they find out that their good intentions were not all that good. The story mainly revolves around Bigger, Jan, Mary Dalton and her family. Bigger was an African American male who lived during the rise of communism. Bigger, Jan and Mary all had good intentions, but they all found out that their intentions did not take the affect they wanted. Bigger was a 20-year-old African American who needed to get a job to help pay for food and rent. He ended up finding a job with the Dalton family as their driver. On the first day of his job, Bigger met Mary and she wanted to make Bigger feel comfortable and at ease so she treated him as she wanted to be treated. She wanted to drive in the front seat with bigger (which was not
Mary wanted Bigger to be her Friend. Jan wanted Bigger to be comfortable and treated like any regular person. In addition, Bigger wanted to keep Mary from getting in trouble and he wanted to keep his job. Good intentions are always something nice to have but you also need to consider the other person and their feelings. Did Bigger want to be Mary’s friend? Did Bigger want to be treated like everyone and nt like a regular colored man? Did Mary need to be saved from her parents? Her parents already knew that she liked to drink so this time would not have been any different. Mary ended up Being Killed and Burnt. Jan had no colored friend, and Bigger had with no life or future. He was put to death and everything he tried to avoid ended up catching up to him in the end. One must remember that while good intentions are a great thing to have, it is also the thing that paves the road to