Question

How did Richard Wright’s Native Son reflect African American life in the 1930s?

A. It traced the struggles of an African-American youth during the Great Depression.
B. It described how African Americans were treated in a fictional Southern town.
C. It related true events from the author’s own life and the racism he faced in the 1930s.
D. It told the story of how prejudice and poverty turned an African-American youth into a criminal.
E. It discussed the relationships between African Americans and American Indians.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) It told the story of how prejudice and poverty turned an African-American youth into a criminal.

Richard Wright’s Native Son reflects African American life in the 1930s in that It told the story of how prejudice and poverty turned an African-American youth into a criminal.

Richard Wright wrote the novel "Native Son" in 1940. It tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a 20-year-old African American man that lives in the poor Chicago suburbs in the 1930s, under difficult conditions. He and his family lived in a south Chicago suburb, a racial ghetto, and hs the help of his lawyer Boris Max. The story reflects how prejudice and poverty affected the young black people in America in those years.