Native Son 8-27-08

Wright seems to neither only have a friendly or unfriendly relationship with the content. From what i've read so far it appears that Wright is using personal anecdotes to tell the story. He is simply reliving his life and things that he's witnessed. In doing this Wright is able to express both content that is friendly and unfriendly to him. Based on what i've read I have to believe that growing up Wright didn't have much. Im lead to this by the way that he is able to describe the one room apartment with such detail. 

Native Son is told from the perspective of an angry young African American man. Bigger, the name of the main character, is only angry because he has an aspiration for equality. He does not express his anger in the best of ways but he has a legitimate reason to be angry.

Native Son 8-26-08

Richard Wright, Native Son 1940

I picked the book Native Son because I have read another of Richard Wright's works, Black Boy. I remember really being able to connect with that book. I had already bought Native Son before signing up for this class. Once I saw that it was listed on our reading list I decided to read it. Also, I remember my aunt telling me once that it was important that I read this book. I've always been curious to find out why she thought that it was so important that I read this book.

I expect this book to take place in an urban area similar to a major american city such as Chicago or Detroit. The Primary reason that I think this is because Black Boy took place in Chicago. I expect that Wright would use the same type of setting in multiple novels. Also, I expect that the main setting is an area of poverty. I came to this because during the time period that Wright, an African American, wrote this book few African Americans were wealthy. Up to this point i've only read a few pages, but the setting so far has been an urban area of poverty.