2018 WAEC Literature in English Theory SECTION F: NON - AFRICAN PROSE   RICHARD WRIGHT: Native Son   What are Bigger’s...

From the novel; Native Son

SECTION F: NON - AFRICAN PROSE

RICHARD WRIGHT: Native Son

What are Bigger’s reasons for his bitterness against the white man in the novel?

The following points should be well developed by the candidates:

i. Bigger’s bitterness as a reaction to the oppressive system of segregation.

ii. Bigger’s bitterness as a reaction to the lack of opportunities.

iii. Bigger’s bitterness resulting from the feeling that his relationship with others, as well as with the blacks, is conditioned.

iv. Bigger’s bitterness as a result of blacks’ exclusion from politics.

v. Bigger’s bitterness as a result of the sense of shame instilled by racial segregation.

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