Native Son Essay Examples and Research Papers
6 essay samples on this topic
Essay Examples
Overview
Theme of Blindness in Native Son by Richard Wright
Pages 5 (1 069 words)
Categories
Native Son
Novel
Bigger in “Native Son” Character Analysis Analytical Essay
Pages 4 (793 words)
Categories
Character
Native Son
Novel
genre
African-American literature, Social protest novel
originally published
March 1, 1940
information
Novel by Richard Wright
Description: Native Son 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.
While not apologizing for Bigger’s crimes, Wright portrays a systemic causation behind them.
Dewey Decimal: 813.52
The average reader will spend 9 hours and 4 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
