In Richard Wright's Native Son, Bigger Thomas, the main character, attempts to attain personal freedom in a racist prohibiting society. Richard Wright's "Native Son" demonstrates how the racist white society oppresses personal freedom and perpetuates evil. ... In Native Son, Bigger Thomas seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. ...
Only after her son's birth does Nnu Ego begin to feel like a "real woman" (Emecheta 54). ... With both sons pursuing further education abroad, Nnu Ego never receives the comfort she expected them to provide. ... In the Rhodesian culture, a son is more valuable to a family because he remains as a family member until death. The son is responsible for caring for his parents in their old age. ... Western education offers natives a delusional sense of improvement and even if education does improve the economic wellbeing of certain individuals, gender inequality is widened as a result...
