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Native Son pictures underprivileged Negro as either churchgoer or criminal. [Am. Lit.: Native Son, Magill I, 643–645] See : Bigotry Native Son portrays oppressor and oppressed as both filled with fear. [Am. Lit.: Native Son, Magill I, 643–645] See : Fearsomeness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Much racial strife is catalogued here, alongside the requisite thumbnail sketches of playwright Tennessee Williams, who achieved a symbiotic relationship with the city; Armstrong, a native son who eventually scornfully declared, "They treat me better all over the world than they do in my own hometown"; and Ruby Bridges, whose integration into the city's schools unwittingly led to segregation via gentrification. Native Son by Richard Wright is arguably a sociological crime novel. It surprises no one that Native Son (1940) was not adapted to film by Warner Brothers Studio. |
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