In his novel Native Son Richard Wright uses his main character Bigger Thomas to specifically describe the human emotions of whom most white Americans of the time saw as a run of the mill black delinquent. ... Wright's main intent of evoking sympathy from the reader through Bigger's character is so that he or she will identify with Bigger as a human being instead of a cold-blooded killer. The most influential way Wright initiates compassion towards Bigger is by writing Native Son from Bigger's viewpoint. ... At the end of Native Son, Bigger's final state of desperation ...

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Richard Wright's Native Son Set in the 1930's Native Son, by Richard Wright, is a powerful novel that has meaning today. ... The violence depicted in Native Son, although quite grotesque, is necessary to deliver the full meaning that Richard Wright wishes to convey to his readers. The main character Bigger Thomas, a black man, has been robbed of his dignity, his pride, and his identity. ... Three subparts to Native Son shows the transformation of Bigger's fear into something that gave him a sense of individuality. ... Fate, part one of Native Son, tells the reader a...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: High School

Comparison of Sartre's Work and Native Son In comparing Native Son to other works we have read this semester, I believe it is one of the more complex. The story line of Native Son is somewhat standard and familiar. ... Throughout Native Son, the majority of the characters use some sort of mechanism to put blame on societal mechanisms they consider out of their control. ... In Native Son, Bigger's philosophy mirrors that of Sartre's. ... Although murder is considered one of the worst crimes, I believe that Wright wanted his main character to be more unique than any othe...

• Word Count: 579
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• Grade Level: High School

There are three main colors seen in the book that symbolize a point. ... Also the color blue symbolizes the weather and white America in Native Son. ... The most important colors in the book Native Son are the colors Red, as in Communism. Yellow is one of the colors as in the fear in Native Son. ... Personally, symbolism changes the way you read and imagine the book, in this case Native Son, giving you in-depth views of Native Son ...

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When Richard Wright wrote the novel Native Son he used the main character, Bigger, to convey a message to the readers. ... Bigger's use of these three options is shown through three character traits, his violence, spontaneousness, and his fear. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the book The Broken Cord there are many contemporary issues that are raised through the lives of the characters. We learn of the disease Fetal Alcohol Syndrome through one of the main characters (Adam). ... As we encounter the main focus of The Broken Cord, Michael Dorris" way of dealing with Adam his inffected son, we learn a lot about the disease, and the characters. ... Michael viewed his son as a normal, average boy. ... In Chapter four the naming ceremony is a main focus as well as, Native American tradition. ...

• Word Count: 1555
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• Grade Level: High School

One of his best works was a short story entitled, Notes of a Native Son. ... The author goes into depth when discussing the racism that the main character had to go through. ... His father's main problem was that he could not communicate well with others. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Grandpa Hayden and his character traits represent evilness. ... Grandpa Hayden's patriarchal values and his need to control his sons" lives have led to the tragedies. ... This affected the way in which his sons, especially Frank view women. ... Julian's racial prejudice towards the Native Americans is a main cause of the tragedy. ... This eventually led to murder and resulted in Frank committing suicide, Wes having to leave town and Julian losing both of his sons. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The main reason the Pilgrims and Native Americans got along so well was because they needed each other. ... They also needed the Natives for trading. ... Squanto is a very interesting character. ... Edward Winslow worked hard to achieve Massasoit's trust, but Edward Winslow's son, Josiah, destroyed the trust when he barged into Alexander's wigwam with pistol threatening him and trying to take him to court. ... The Pilgrims sometime took land from the Native Americans by taking advantage of the Native Americans. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The main character, Ayah, was also introduced in the orientation. ... The story contained a number of characters, and each character had a different level of importance in the story. ... Her son, Jimmie, died while serving in the United States military, and his death greatly upset her. ... The other characters in the story had less important roles in the story. ... Ayah was a symbol of the Native American people for several reasons. ...

• Word Count: 1994
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• Grade Level: High School

Victor is the handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. ... The son takes a lesson. ... Victor goes to phoenix to get his father's ashes according to movie ,but on the other hand in book his main intention is to get valuable belongings of his father. ... He leaves behind his son Victor Joseph (Adam Beach). ... If they are the future, Arnold, the Gary Farmer character, is the past. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

AIMS The aim of this work entitled "Identity Crisis in Chimamanda Adiche's Americanah and Richard Wright's Native Son" is to find out or study why an individual's self formation process undergoes severe difficulty or danger. ... SCOPE OF STUDY In writing this essay, two primary texts will be used, Adichie's Americanah and Wright's Native Son. ... Focus will be on the characters, language, narrative technique and setting. ... THESIS STATEMENT The main argument in this work is to prove that race, a notion or ideology thought to be gradually receding is very mu...

• Word Count: 2395
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

POCAHONTAS: Native American Stereotypes in a Disney Movie 1. ... By being symbolically rescued by the chief's daughter, Smith was accepted into the tribe as Powhatan's son. ... After Pocahontas gave birth to a son, Thomas, the Virginia Company invited the young family on a tour to England. ... Her son, who was raised by an uncle in England, returned to his mother's land, where he made his fortune growing tobacco. ... The physical appearance of the characters, for example, is adapted to modern tastes. ...

• Word Count: 5972
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• Has Bibliography

Paton describes the two main cultures of South Africa, Natives and European, in order to bring out the degradation that has occurred within society. ... This idea occurs within Kumalo's family and his brother, sister, and son all choose to move. ... James Jarvis also undergoes a character change, which contributes to the rebuilding process of the country. ... Ironically, the death of his son brings him to feel compassion for the native people. He changes his heart and instead of avenging his son's death, he chooses to help the natives. ...

• Word Count: 1586
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• Grade Level: High School

The first main characters introduced to the reader are Lord Greystoke and his wife Lady Alice, the natural parents to Tarzan. ... When the couple is confronted with danger for the first time, Lady Greystoke never fully recovers and for the next and last year of her life she does not leave the cabin while she takes care of her first-born son. ... The one African American character in the novel is Esmeralda. ... The fundamental difference between white and African characters in Tarzan of the Apes is seen in the description of the African natives. The native African tribe is described in the nove...

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The three major aspects in Rudyard Kipling's Kim are character, style, and theme. ... Kimball O"hara, or Kim, is the main character of the story. ... He used native vocabulary throughout the story. ... Kim's journey to find his own identity, and fulfill his destiny is the main point of all his trials and adventures. ... But even then he did not see himself as a native. ...

• Word Count: 4866
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

Although it is not written from one character's perspective in the main story but the book is written so that it allows readers to visualise a 19th century setting of London and Sydney. The character I have chosen to discuss is Richard 'Dick' Thornhill, the 2nd son of William and Sal Thornhill. ... Richard is a particular character that fits this trait. ... "He [William] had seen Dick there on a spit of sand, playing with the native children" (page 211). ... Richard also breaks the stereotype of that time which was that all the foreign settlers 'hated' and 'despi...

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In Richard Wright's Native Son, Bigger Thomas, the main character, attempts to attain personal freedom in a racist prohibiting society. Richard Wright's "Native Son" demonstrates how the racist white society oppresses personal freedom and perpetuates evil. ... Wright tries to indicate that Bigger Thomas is not a unique uncommon character, but is instead a representative of the oppressed populace. ... In Native Son, Bigger Thomas seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. ... All of the characters that Bigger says are blind a...

• Word Count: 1690
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• Grade Level: High School

The author also shows the struggle of the characters to become more than "just an Indian" and at the same time, keep their connection to nature and their native heritage. One of the main themes of this book is water. ... At many points in the book characters us water as a way to clear their heads. ... The most mysterious character in the entire book is a man named Moses Pillager. ... After her death, she continued to haunt her family and especially her husband Gordie and her son King. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They are a threat to the masculinity of the male characters by showing their power, beauty, or cruelty. ... King Solomon's Mines show the characters' journey inside a female body and features a beautiful female character, while the journey in She takes place on the surface of the female body and the main female character is an ugly and malevolent figure. ... Once there, they must fight natives and meet an immortal witch who attempts to kill them. ... She centres on a Cambridge scholar, Holly, and his adoptive son Leo. ... They, too, successfully fight natives who attempt to kill the...

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• Grade Level: High School

King Hamlet's ghost says to his son, "if thou didst ever thy dear father love" then he needed to "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." ... Religion has an extreme influence on literature of that time, thus transfusing through the plays and impacting the characters themselves. ... The back-and-forth of the rationale in this mental debate is showing a sane mindset, suggesting that Hamlet's main goal is to avenge his father for a moral sake rather than by committing an impulsive revenge. ... A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sherman Alexie is Native American, and his stories expose one of America's dirty little secrets. ... He depicts numerous prominent characters in this collection, rather than just one or two dominant characters. ... Alexie uses the character Victor, who is nine years old, to explain this struggle. ... Why not use Alexie's own words, "I kept trying to figure out the main topic, the big theme, the overarching idea, the epicenter. And it is this: The sons in this book really love and hate their fathers" (Alexie, p xxii)....

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Book Book written by: Mario Puzo Screenplay written by: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola Produced By: Paramount Pictures Main Characters: Played By: Vito Corleone, The Don Marlon Brando Santino "Sonny" Corleone, middle son of Vito James Caan Michael Corleone, Youngest son of Vito Corleone Al Pacino Tom Hagen, Consigliere and "adopted" son of Vito Robert Duvall Supporting Characters: Mama Corleone Fredo "freddy" Corleone, Eldest Son of Vito Kay Adams, Wife of Micahel Corleone Diane Keaton Connie Corleone, Daughter of Don Vito, Wife ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Many of the characters within the play hide behind a mask of falseness. Four of the main characters that hid behind this mask are Polonius, Rosencrantz (Guildenstern), the king Claudius. ... Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... In reality he lies about his trust for his son by sending a spy to watch him. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The story begins as the Grandmother, her son Bailey and his wife and two kids embark on a road trip back to the Grandmothers home in Tennessee. ... "In my time children were more respectful of their native states and their parents and everything else. ... Both characters have two levels to them. ... The two main characters of this story each have a very profound effect on one another through their short interaction. ... Although never clearly stated in the text, both characters have a distinct revelation at the end of the story. ...

• Word Count: 933
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School