Part one of term paper
In the novel, Native Son, author Richard Wright presents a compelling case that society is responsible for creating Bigger Thomas and people like Bigger. Bigger is a tragic figure, as he represents the African American experience of oppression in America. Wright states in the introduction, however, that there are Biggers among every oppresse ...

Part two of term paper
... Native Son is an exploration of how the pressure and racism of the American environment affects black people, their feelings, thoughts, self-images, basically, their entire lives. Many of Native Son's earlier scenes serve Wright's purposes in showing how America's white racism affects Bigger's behavior, his thinking and his feelings. His sense of confinement in this world is obvious. The unfocused, yet detailed, fear that the white world has influenced Bigger’s actions takes over when he is in ...