17;s. In 1930, he wrote his
             first novel, Lawd Today. His novel, Lawd Today, however was not published until after
             his death. His first published work was, Uncle Tom’s Children: Five Long Stories, which
             consists of stories that attack the racial discrimination and bigotry that Wright encountered
             as a youth. Throughout Wright’s career he published many outstanding works. Among
             his works included: five novels, two autobiographies, two books of short stories, four
             nonfiction books and one collection of essays. Wright’s major influence began when he
             Richard Wright’s most notable and highly acclaimed novel is Native Son.
             Richard Wright contemplated for a while before he decided to write a novel in which a
             Negro, Bigger Thomas, would become a symbolic figure of American life. The novel is
             divided into sections entitled: fear, flight, and fate. Each section is used as a way to chart
             the changes in the main character’s, Bigge
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