what did i just read? was i supposed to sympathize? horrible

>>9744511
cool, i happen to be a privilege denying white male and I hate women and coloreds too! pepe vult and seig heil!

>>9744518
I mean, dude literally murdered and cremated that girl. I understand struggling to sympathize somewhat. Couldn't disagree more that it's bad, just somewhat morally difficult.

>>9744539
read up in the history of white supremacy dude, I shouldn't have to be telling you this.

>>9744539
please post a section you think displays quality prose

>>9744518
Praise you and Praise Lord Kek! Fuck Richard Wright, trying to destroy whiteness with that book,but we will never cower

>>9744511
The reason for the popularity of Native Son was that it was one of the very few black novels of it's time and it was written for a white audience.
Baldwin, a big fan of Wright, denounced Native Son as propaganda and thought it failed as a novel.
Ellison disliked everything about it and Invisible Man is, in part, a response to the victim narrative of Native Son. Incidentally Ellison's novel got him into a lot of trouble with the black community at the time.

>>9744544
kys you sorry excuse for a white person

>when he jerks off with his buddy in the movie theatre

good boi dindu nuffin: the book

Wright is a talented writer. He's like a black Dostoevsky with a socialist slant. He can really get you into the mind of the character, which is great for a thriller like Native Son, but especially in Black Boy.

Get some taste.

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>>9745762
>black dostoevsky

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>>9744511
I read this in my AP Lit. class in high school, and it's one of the few books that I remember reading in it. This novel's noteworthiness rides on shock value, nothing else.

The other book that I remember from that class is No Country for Old Men; I remember it, because it was actually a good book.