One such novel is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Racism is mentioned throughout the second part of the novel. It is the prime and most mentioned part of this section of the novel. ... The manner in which he dies is that he escapes and attempts to climb the fence to freedom, however he only has one good arm and that is his detriment. ... This evil act can be seen in the novel. ...
Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has been deemed one of the most controversial, yet influential autobiographical novels of all time. ... The novel will leave a long lasting impression of Angelou that will evermore be embedded into the readers mind. ... Anyone can have the cars, the big house with the white picket fence but all of that means nothing if you are not at good terms with yourself. ...
Richard Wright's implementation of setting within Bigger's existence plays an instrumentive role in portraying how society shapes one's personality in his novel Native Son. ... He confides his innermost thoughts on his life to his friends when he remarks that "'half the time [he feels] like [he is] on the outside of the world, peeping in through a knothole in that fence" (23) to which his friends would not be able to understand and could not understand how others in their position would be able to change their life, so why even fuss about it. ... Richard Wright's a...
