Civil Rights in Richard Wright's Native Son

by Candice L. Mancini

Book Overview

Bigger Thomas, a young man living in 1930s Chicago, takes a job with a wealthy white family, the Daltons. After a night of drinking with her boyfriend, Mary, the Dalton's only child, dies when Thomas accidentally suffocates her so as not to be heard by Mary's mother, who would not understand why Thomas was carrying her up to bed. Thomas's fate, to be tried and convicted of murder, speaks less to Thomas as a person than to the impossible circumstances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737743921
• ISBN13: 9780737743920
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12