The most influential way Wright initiates compassion towards Bigger is by writing Native Son from Bigger's viewpoint. ... Wright causes the reader to feel compassion towards Bigger by writing Native Son from Bigger's frame of mind, by showing the discrimination that Bigger and other African Americans were forced to endure every day in the 1930s, by embodying Bigger's desperate situations, and by causing the reader to question Bigger's moral obligations in Mary's death. ... Wright proves this point throughout Native Son by clearly defining the effects of racism agains...

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He used Hannibal as an example because Hannibal was a very powerful black man in history and he defined what it was to be masculine. ... Wells, Wells clearly defines the social problems affecting the people in the 19th century. ... There was no anger found in her article, yet sympathy and compassion, which are very feminine characteristics in our society. ...

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Affirmative Action has been law since 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed a bill forcing government contractors to extinguish discrimination due to race, religion or national origin. Since that law came into existence, many changes have taken place to provide a broader scope of protection...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate