There are many great works of literture that have been sold across this country. I haven't read any where close to all of them, but I read quite a few that has affected me mentally in a way that I didn't know was possible from writing. From all the many great books that I read, one that i was most intrigued by was a book called "Native Son" by Richard Wright. It actually started as just an over the summer reading assignment for my upcoming English class of the 11th grade (My old school). But as I began to read the book, from the very begginning I no longer saw it as an assignment. It was that interesting .
The novel is about a young black male growing up in the rough, segregated town of Chicago. It takes place in the 1930's, so this was a time where there hadn't been any effort to improve/change the way of society. The main character's name is Thomas Bigger of the Bigger family of four. It is a single-parent home headed by a mother who has a younger son and daughter. This novel is so interesting to me because it is about a 19 year old man trying to find himself in a time of lost hope for most. The author writes in a style that truely reflects who Bigger is and how he thinks. Sometimes I felt as if I was lost in Bigger's thoughts while reading. Bigger has a gang of four that he used to endulge in crime around the town with, but his mother who knew this found him a job to be a chauffer for the rich white Dalton family of three.
Thomas refused at first but then was of course convinced by his mother because she wanted him to bring in some money to help the struggling family.Mr. Dalton, the head of the family who gave him the job welcomed him in, and wanted to make Bigger feel as comfortable as possible. Which was a close to an impossible task seeing that Bigger was black and he was white in the 30's.
Mr. Dalton gave him his first job to drive his daughter to night school and Bigger hoped on the task. This changed Bigger's life forever. She had him make a detour to go see some friends and by the end of the night he ended up killing her on accident, which lead to a life of lying and on the hide.
The novel is about a young black male growing up in the rough, segregated town of Chicago. It takes place in the 1930's, so this was a time where there hadn't been any effort to improve/change the way of society. The main character's name is Thomas Bigger of the Bigger family of four. It is a single-parent home headed by a mother who has a younger son and daughter. This novel is so interesting to me because it is about a 19 year old man trying to find himself in a time of lost hope for most. The author writes in a style that truely reflects who Bigger is and how he thinks. Sometimes I felt as if I was lost in Bigger's thoughts while reading. Bigger has a gang of four that he used to endulge in crime around the town with, but his mother who knew this found him a job to be a chauffer for the rich white Dalton family of three.
Thomas refused at first but then was of course convinced by his mother because she wanted him to bring in some money to help the struggling family.Mr. Dalton, the head of the family who gave him the job welcomed him in, and wanted to make Bigger feel as comfortable as possible. Which was a close to an impossible task seeing that Bigger was black and he was white in the 30's.
Mr. Dalton gave him his first job to drive his daughter to night school and Bigger hoped on the task. This changed Bigger's life forever. She had him make a detour to go see some friends and by the end of the night he ended up killing her on accident, which lead to a life of lying and on the hide.
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