Native Son
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title:
Native Son
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Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. Thomas accidentally kills a white woman at a time when racism is at its peak and he pays the price for it. While not apologizing for Bigger's crimes, Wright portrays a systemic causation behind them. Bigger's lawyer, Boris Max, makes the case that there is no escape from this destiny
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1940 novel by Richard Wright
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Son
date created:
2002-07-07T20:25:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T05:16:11Z
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