Episode 638: Richard Wright: Native Son (Part 2, Flight)
American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
English - March 01, 2024 00:45 - 34 minutes - 36.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode I look at most of part two of Richard Wright's NATIVE SON, called "Flight". Here the narrative focuses on Bigger Thomas' efforts at survival after his murder of Mary Dalton, but also look more into the perspectives of mainstream white society on communists and African-Americans.