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Ms.Gardner
English10
20October2015

Rapein
NativeSon
:OppressionfromBiggersUpbringingintheBlackBelt

Guttman,Sophia.
WhatBiggerkilledfor:rereadingviolenceagainstwomeninNativeSon.

Texas:

TexasStudiesinLiteratureandLanguage,2001.CriticalEssay.

Guttmansarticleonviolenceagainstwomenin
NativeSon
shedslightonthissymbolas
womenbeingheldasthehighestprize.Thearticlepresentsmanymomentsthroughout
RichardWrightsbookwhereviolenceisasymbolofwhitesupremacy.Inherarticle,
Guttmananalyzesthewordrapeanditsmeaning,pointingoutthatitnotonlysexual
violencebutthatofalloppression.

Guttmanusesharshdictionintofurtheranalysisviolenceagainstwomen.Herviewof
whitewomenasacapitalistwhiterulesymbolshowsthedepthWrightusesofwomenas
atrophy.Withtheviolationofthisnaturalorder,GuttmanexplainsthatBiggerobtainsthis
poweroverwhitemansmostimportantprize.Herrecognitionoftheabsenceofviolence
againstblackinNativeSonwomenparallelsthatoftherealworld,andwiththatreaders
dothenrecognizethis.Guttmanviolentcacophonoustoneshowshoweventhougha
bookfocusedonracismthereisaconstantthreatofharshsexualisingofwomenand
violenceagainstthem.

Parks,Sheri.

Blackwomen'scriesthatrousedtheworld.2010TheWashingtonPostCompany.

21November2010.6November2015.NewspaperArticle.

InParks,articlesupportingDanielleMcGuire'sbook
AttheDarkEndoftheStreet,
Parks
usesempoweringdictioninsupportofMcGuirestestimonytowardsblackrape.She
showcasesthemanyreasonsshesupportsitandwhatimportantfactspeopleoughtto
know.

ThearticleonthealarmingnumberofblackwomenrapedintheSouthduringthe1960s
and1970sshowshowtheimageoftheblackmanlustingforthewhitewomenishighly
inaccurate.Theauthorhighlightshowfearandintimidationkeptwomenfromspeakingto
thepressandthepoliceviolenceagainstwomenprotestingthiswere.Rapefromwhite
man,McGuireattributestoasenseofwhitedominationandsenseofaneedtoactasthe
predator.

Reilly,John.Wright,Richard(Nathaniel)(19081960).
Benet'sReader'sEncyclopediaofAmerican
Literature
.GeorgeB.Perkins,BarbaraPerkins,andPhillipLeininger.
NewYork:HarperCollins,1991.p1165.18November2015.
LiteratureResourceCenter.

JohnReilly,inthisexcerptfocusesonWrightstimeinParis.Wrighthadtimetostepback
andseetherealitiesofwhitesupremacyintheworldandathomeinAmerica.Histimein
Paris,turnedhimintoaglobalcrusader:fightingforGhanasfreedom,beinganactive
participantintheBlackPowermovement,andtohelpproducetheColorCurtain.

JohnReillydemonstrateshowRichardWrightaimedtobringchangetolife.Richard
Wrightdidnotwritetocomplainbuttounearththecrueltytowardstheminority
everywhere.HiswritingsexplainedbyReillytookamilitantapproachwhilehisactions
tookapeacefulapproach,creatingbalance.

RichardWright
.
ContemporaryAuthorsOnline.
Detroit:Gale,2009.6November2015.Literature
ResourceCenter.Biography.

TheminibiographyonRichardWrighthighlightstheprestigehereceivedasoneof
thefirststrongblacknovelists,andshowcaseshismilitantapproachtofighting
racismandsegregation.Thisworkonlyscratchedthesurfaceofhisinnerconflict
withthesegregationandracisminhisownlife.Therootsofcharactersdelvefrom
hisownpersonalexperience.

Intryingtograspthecomplexityof
NativeSon,
itmakesthestoryexplainablewhen
seenRichardWrightschildhoodandearlysuccess:WrightmovedfromtheSouth
totheNorthandwitnessedtheabsenceofthreatofviolence,butthedefacto
segregationpresent.Hisearlysuccessfrom
UncleTomsChildren,
andthe
softnessofthebookmadeWrightvowhemustwritesomethingdeeperandharder
theywouldhavetofaceitwithouttheconsolationoftears."Thesecanbeboth
seeninBiggerscrudeandunapologeticattitudetowardscrimeandMr.Daltons
quietwayofchargingmorerentfortheSouthSide.

Tremaine,Louis.

TheDissociatedSensibilityofBiggerThomasinRichardWright'sNativeSon.
TwentiethCenturyLiteraryCriticism.StudiesinAmericanFiction.Summer1986.

4November2015.CriticalEssay.

TremaineusesaninformativetonetoeducatereadersonBiggerspersonality.His
point,howeverstrongtakesmanysides,inthebeginningheusesapedantictone
andscoffsatRichardWrightsnovelthenproceedstopraiseitthroughoutinorder
toprovethemainthemeofDissociatedSensibility.Thearticlefocusesonthe
separationofBigger'sconsciousnesstowardwhitesandpersonalexpression.This
highlightsnotjusttheestrangementofcharacterbutofthelifeBiggerleadsand
howitstartedfrom
HowBiggerWasBorn.

LouisTremainebringstotheattentiontheseparationofBiggersconsciousness
towardswhitesandthefeelingshestronglydesirestoexpress.Theseparationof
boththeseleadstohisirrationalitywhilealone,butquietnegrointhepresenceof
whites.ThisdetachmentleadstotheillusionaryworldBiggerlivesinversusthe
onehelivesin.Fromhiscriticalessay,itisevidenttheseparationofBiggers
emotionandhowheoughttoact.

Wormser,Richard.
JimCrowCase:ScottsboroTrial(1931)
.PBS.2002EducationalBroadcasting
Corporation.6November2015.Web.

ThearticleontheScottsboroboyssequencesthetimelineofeventsforthenineboysand
theirdeathsentence.IthighlightstheinformationRubyBatesandVictoriaPrice
intentionallyleftout.PBSpointsouthowNAACPfearedhurtingtheirmovement,whilethe
CommunistPartyfiercelydefendedtheboys.

ThisarticlesimilarlytothestoryofBiggerasidefromtheanimalisticandguiltybehavioris
averycomparabletrial.TheCommunistPartydefendsthevictimstobringchangeand
demonstratethesubjugationofblackpeoplehowever,bothareveryhonorablebutfall
short.Inseeinghowspeedybothtrialswereinthenovelandlife,itcanbeseenhow
effectivelythemobaffectsfreedom.