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About the Author

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The image that emerges from Richard Wright’s collection of autobiographical short stories, Uncle Tom’s Children, is that of a lonely and troubled childhood. Born September […]

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Setting

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Although no specific city is mentioned, the setting resembles Chicago of the late 1930s. Wright points out the sharp contrasts between the black slum world […]

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Themes and Characters

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The central theme of Native Son is the central theme of much black American writing, the duality of black existence in the United States. Bigger […]

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Literary Qualities

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In Native Son, Wright uses the same combination of direct, naturalistic prose and symbolism that he employed in Uncle Tom’s Children. He carefully reconstructs the […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Native Son depicts a world that is psychologically and physically brutal. Wright graphically portrays the emotional trauma that his black characters suffer because of white […]