Wright is the author of the novel, Native Son. By writing thenovel, he wanted to awaken America to the realities of the relationshipbetween blacks and whites in the controversial 1930s. When he wrotethis novel, it caused many disputes among Americans. Many peoplethought that some of the issues Wright included in his novel were notappropriate to write about. Richard Wright believed that even the badparts of America should be seen, though. This story takes place in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1930s. Themain character is Bigger Thomas. He is a twenty year old black manwho lives in a one-room apartment with his mother, sister, and brother. The part of town they live in is infested with crime, and most of thebuildings are dilapidated. Bigger believes that he could never get far inlife because of his being an inferior black man in a "white" world. Bigger wants to help support his family, so he decides to apply fora job as a chauffeur. He is hired by a millionaire named Henry Dalton,who allows Bigger to live in his house. Mr. Dalton and his wife, who isblind, always try to help their employees succeed in life. Everythinggoes well for a while until one night when Mr. Dalton's teenagedaughter, Mary, gets drunk. Bigger carries Mary to her room after shefalls down while climbing the stairs. While Bigger is in Mary's room,Mrs. Dalton comes to check in on her. Although Mrs. Dalton wouldn'tbe able to see Bigger in Mary's room, he is afraid that Mary might makea noise and Mrs. Dalton might think that he is raping her daughter. Inhis terror, Bigger covers Mary's face with a pillow and accidentallysmothers her. When Bigger sees that he killed Mary, he freaks out, chops up herbody with an ax, and hides it in the furnace downstairs. Although heacts out of fear and doesn't know what he is doing, Bigger still feels asense of control that he's never felt before. Bigger leads everyone tobelieve that Mary's ...