Native Son | Related Titles/Adaptations
Native Son is an extension of Wright's work in Uncle Tom's Children, and it is not difficult to imagine Bigger Thomas as a direct descendant of Big Boy from "Big Boy Leaves Home," but Native Son is also a reaction against the sentiment of Wright's earlier stories. Wright himself complained that Uncle Tom's Children had been "a book even bankers' daughters could read and weep over and feel good about." He wanted Native Son to "be so hard and deep that they would have to face it without the consolation of tears." Thus, he consciously worked to toughen his...
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