Native Son

Native Son is a third person narrative that intimately revolves around an African American named Bigger Thomas in the 1930's. He lives in poverty with his family and is a delinquent. To aggravate his poor life even more, Bigger also lives in a racist society where white people despise black people.

One day, Bigger is admitted for a job, which is to be the chauffeur of the Dalton Family, a rich and powerful white family. Through experiencing this new, peculiar and maybe even irritating environment, Bigger unintentionally kills the only daughter of the Dalton's family. Culpable, Bigger must now evade the obstacles that are to come while contending with his conscience...

Author: Richard Wright

Publisher: Vintage

Released Date: 2000

ISBN: 9781784877552