During the Harlem Renaissance, although Blacks and Africans-in-America were freed by law,
             America was still divided among the races. Discrimination and stereotypical mentalities still
             flooded the minds of White America. This was the period of American history that displayed
             strongly the ideas of superiority and white supremacy. Many Blacks, along with their
             accomplishments were beginning to relay a deep message not only to whites, but also to the rest
             of America that this was a new era. This era was filled with creatively assembled literary works
             such as poetry, novels, short stories, and essays as well as expressive visual arts. Through all
             the different advances of Blacks, the literature of the Renaissance ranked among the most
             In reading literary works by Richard Wright and another significant writer of the
             Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston (chapter 5), we find a pattern of Black and White societal
             conflicts that do not neccessar8ily dominate the work, but is evident within situations and events
             that the characters live through. Many of these problems were dilemmas of the Harlem
             Renaissance, therefore reflected into the works of the times.
             These two writers, Hurston and Wright, wrote primarily about Blacks and their
             connection with Whites. They both stress to the readers how much of a role that race played in
             any day to day living. They both seem to understand how the world worked at that point in time
             and have eloquently presented their views to the public on race relations.
             In Richard Wright's novel Native Son, Wright stirred up real controversy by shocking the
             sensibilities of both Blacks and Whites. Bigger Thomas is the central character is Native Son.
             He hails from the lowest rung on the American social ladder at the time: he is poor and black.
             He begrudges, hates, and fears the whites that define the narrow confines of his life. He views
             white people as a collec...