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A review by bargainbinkazbrekker
Native Son by Richard Wright
4.75
holy shit man, holy shit.
this was such an emotional and mental rollercoaster, i went from absolutely hating how this was progressing, Bigger was a horrible person, to ending the novel sitting on my floor completely flabbergasted.
unlikable main characters are incredibly difficult to pull off successfully, and Wright crafts an almost unlovable main character. You hate Bigger and then you realize that’s the whole point. Wright is showing us what happens when a society doesn’t allow for it youth to grow up with equality and equity. He shows what happens when a child grows up to hate, he shows the harvest of racial injustice, discrimination, and violence.
this is a book i lowkey hated reading but i also want to write an in depth essay on.
this was such an emotional and mental rollercoaster, i went from absolutely hating how this was progressing, Bigger was a horrible person, to ending the novel sitting on my floor completely flabbergasted.
unlikable main characters are incredibly difficult to pull off successfully, and Wright crafts an almost unlovable main character. You hate Bigger and then you realize that’s the whole point. Wright is showing us what happens when a society doesn’t allow for it youth to grow up with equality and equity. He shows what happens when a child grows up to hate, he shows the harvest of racial injustice, discrimination, and violence.
this is a book i lowkey hated reading but i also want to write an in depth essay on.