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The novel, Native Son, portrays the struggle one black man faces while trying to live in a segregated society in the late 1930s. ... " His childhood has been filled with hostility and oppression; anger, frustration, and violence are a daily reality. ... " In the novel, Native Son, Richard Wright through the portrayal of Biggers hatred and discomfort around whites, the naivety of white society, and Biggers violent murder of a young girl shows that segregation and oppression will only foster the tension between whites and blacks and will ultimately end in violence. ... " It is the long history segregation and oppression of blacks that makes Bigger feel this way. ... Racial segregation has drawn the two groups apart and between them has grown a gray area where misunderstanding and misconception brew. This gray area between them has evolved into fear and hatred that has run so deep that many whites do not even realize that they are being racist and adding to the hostility. ... The stems of segregation and oppression are too deeply rooted in her being.
A life of oppression, anger and confusion about the white race caused Bigger to become a ticking time bomb. ... Being both a Jew and a communist, Max was loathed by many people in society and faced much of the same prejudice and oppression that Bigger suffered. ... The segregation and oppression that exists between the whites and blacks has created a feeling of hatred that has torn these two groups apart, and succeeded only in perpetuating the tension and violence between them. Through Biggers hatred and discomfort around whites, the naivety of white society, and his violent murder of a young girl, Wright demonstrates the intensity of the hatred created by the segregation and oppression that Bigger was forced to endure every day until the end of his life.
Approximate Word count = 1781
Approximate Pages = 7.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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