Native Son: With plot summary, notes and study questions and essay

By:

Wright, Richard

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Seagroove Publications Ltd; 2013Description: 460ISBN:

978-978-51838-8-7

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Summary: Native Son introduces a figure familiar to mid twentieth-century America, the lone man backed into a corner by discrimination and misunderstanding. Frustrated by racism and the limited opportunities afforded black men in society, Bigger strikes out in a futile attempt to transgress the boundaries and limits of his position. He murders Mary Dalton, the only child of a wealthy real estate magnate, by accident. Yet the act of murder gives his life meaning, and the consequent trial and execution are incidental...

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries	823 WRI	Available		25513

Native Son introduces a figure familiar to mid twentieth-century America, the lone man backed into a corner by discrimination and misunderstanding. Frustrated by racism and the limited opportunities afforded black men in society, Bigger strikes out in a futile attempt to transgress the boundaries and limits of his position. He murders Mary Dalton, the only child of a wealthy real estate magnate, by accident. Yet the act of murder gives his life meaning, and the consequent trial and execution are incidental...

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