Native Son
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Native Son
Native Son is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. The novel addresses the issue of white American society’s responsibility for the repression of blacks. It centres around Racial discrimination; conflict; exploitation, etc.