Native Son Novel: Racism
Introduction to the Problem
Richard Wright is the author of the novel native son that has captured the story of Bigger Thomas as the main character. Thomas is a black man who lived in Chicago, United States. He was raised in the environment caged with racial prejudice (Wright p.16). In the beginning, Wright has portrayed Thomas as a hopeless person who lacks capacity of control on his life. Thomas’s mother compels him to accept a decent job from Mr. Dalton, but he opts for the menial task that is characterized with low pay. Later, Thomas joined a robbery team to plan stealing from other people. The gang robbed many black people and spared white people present in Chicago in 1930s. Therefore, racism was the major problem