Native Son

             It's an old saying "Don't Judge a book by its cover". It has happen at least once. The cover of a book looks boring or the title sounds boring, the book is automatically labeled as boring. A lot of times this is done. The odds are is the novel was actually good. When you hear the title "Native Son", what comes to mind. Richard Wright's "Native Son" is a remarkable novel, and has been said to be one of his greatest works. Wright's "Native Son" is set in the 1940's Wright tackles everything from race to fear that African Americans had to face. Wright breaks "Native Son" up into three Chapter "Fear", "Flight", and "Fate". In the Chapters "Fear", "Flight", and "Fate" Wright, explains how Bigger's surroundings made him a confused and angry person.
             The Compact American Dictionary states" Fear a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or immidence of danger." Wright uses fear as the title for book one in "Native Son" because I explain what Bigger's feelings. As you read book one it becomes clear that the main character show fear in many different ways.
             In "Native Son" Wright explores many types of fear. Wright shows how Bigger felt around white authority. Wright shows that Bigger attitude changes around a white authority figure. Bigger would change is tone at time this made him feel stupid. In the novel, there is a scene where this fear is illustrated.
             " He hated him self at that moment. Why was
             He feeling this way? He wanted to wave his
             and blot out the white man who was making him
             feel this way, If not that he wanted to blot
             At this point you can see that Bigger is uncomfortable around whites and he sees blotting them out as a way of escape. Wright shows this bec
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