Native Son

In his most famous novel, \"Native Sun\", Richard Wright successfully develops three major themes: racism, violence, and social injustice. He has captured the powerful emotions and suffering, the frustrations and desires, the discontentment and nervous outburst, of Bigger Thomas in this grippingly dramatic novel. At the time, racism was transpiring agaisnt the black race. Bigger was raised in a one room apartment, living with his family and rats. The rent was very high, and his …

…was jailed, he received constant harassment. He was faced with a choice of either confess, or else be lynched by a white crowd, which shows the violence of whites towards blacks. At the trial Bigger was tried unlawfully. For instance, Buckley, the man prosecuting Bigger, tells Bigger to reenact the murder. Throughout the trial, there was name calling in the newspapers, and at the trial. Once again, racism and hatred are expressed by the people.