The Three Roles of The Black Man in Book 1 – Fear
             Have you ever heard the saying "money makes the world go round"?
             – Well it goes without saying that, money makes the USA "go round".
             With money comes power and in the Capitalistic system where "production and distribution are privately or corporately owned" (by whites). Whites have the upper hand, blacks undeniably have the lower hand. Communist ideologies believe that "the organization of labor" should be for the "common advantage of all members" , it also advocates the "overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of the proletariat" which means the "poorest class of working people" (a.k.a the African American). Richard Wright wrote Native Son, in order to portray how black life is doomed in America and how some will revolt (consciously or subconsciously). Wright opens the readers eyes to the oppression that whites inflict on blacks through capitalism and by doing so he illuminates the virtues of communist ideologies.
             In the novel Native Son; the black man is denied the three basic rights of freedom:
             1. "The capacity to exercise choice"
             2.. "The right to unrestricted use; full access"
             3. "The right of enjoying all of the privileges of membership or citizenship"
             He has three paths (roles) that he can take as a way of dealing with this oppression:
             1. Passivity designed by whites, finding comfort in the fantasy offered by religion.
             2. Establishment in middle class society, therefore becoming the white man accomplice in oppression.
             3. Rejecting the white (capitalist) ideology and assuming the role of the criminal, which will result in physical violence.
             Native Son is a novel, set in the 1930's. The scene for the story is Chicago in "the midst of the great depression", the book follows the life of a young African A...