Wright was the first African American author to be featured in the "Book of the Month Club" for his novel Native Son. ... Written in 1940, Native Son was composed as the depression wore on in America. ... Although Wright had moved to New York City at the time the novel was written, the story line of Native Son takes place in his former home of Chicago, Illinois. Although the Harlem Renaissance had taken place nearly two decades before, it is a nessicary factor in Richard Wright's writing. ... The story of Native Son takes place in Chicago in the 1930's. ...

• Word Count: 4279
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

INTRODUCTION Identity in the simplest terms refers to who and what we are. ... AIMS The aim of this work entitled "Identity Crisis in Chimamanda Adiche's Americanah and Richard Wright's Native Son" is to find out or study why an individual's self formation process undergoes severe difficulty or danger. ... My first encounter with the term identity crisis was in the story of 20-year-old Brandon, who arrived in rural Falls City, Nebraska, in 1993, her handsome looks and boyish charm won her several friends in town and even a pretty young girlfriend. ... SCOPE OF STUDY ...

• Word Count: 2395
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1937, Ralph met a writer named Richard Wright and they became very close friends in a short period. ... Richard Wright wrote about white society's negative influence on black culture and joined the Communist party in the 1930s and beginning in 1937 worked as an editor for the party's Daily Worker newspaper in New York City. ... His best-known work, the novel Native Son, which explores how and why a young black man is driven to murder, was published in 1940. ... When he gets in this point, he is put in a world that he does not fully understand what is going on around him. ... I...

• Word Count: 2599
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School