Grandpa Hayden and his character traits represent evilness. ... Grandpa Hayden's patriarchal values and his need to control his sons" lives have led to the tragedies. ... This affected the way in which his sons, especially Frank view women. ... Julian's racial prejudice towards the Native Americans is a main cause of the tragedy. ... This eventually led to murder and resulted in Frank committing suicide, Wes having to leave town and Julian losing both of his sons. ...

• Word Count: 610
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Wright tries to indicate that Bigger Thomas is not a unique uncommon character, but is instead a representative of the oppressed populace. ... In Native Son, Bigger Thomas seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. ... All of the characters that Bigger says are blind a...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This powerful movie explores its characters thoroughly and gives reasons why people become so callous and turn towards a racist group. ... The main characters are two brothers, Derek and Danny, and the way they became involved with the Neo-Nazist's ideas are different, yet the same. ... One night at the dinner table they discussed what he was reading in English and Derek told him Native Son. ...

• Word Count: 1118
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

An example of this idea would be areas similar to Compton, Harlem, and the Black Belt of Chicago which was the neighborhood of Bigger Thomas from Richard Wright's Native Son. ... Native Son shows a very different point of view than most readers are accustomed to which is a reason why it has been so heavily censored. ... Irene is the main character of the novel and she chooses to live her life in the African-American community; she marries a black man. ...

• Word Count: 2640
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When America was discovered in 1492, Europeans soon realised that Africans were more able to work in the hot sun than native Americans and were also easier to identify as slaves than white prisoners because of their skin-colour. ...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School