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Wright uses the setting to help point out the sharp contrasts between the black slum world and the affluent world of the Daltons, which has been built at the blacks' expense. Wright sets the particular hardships of black residents of South Side Chicago against the background of the Great Depression, political and economic corruption, and urban blight. Native Son explores the social unrest created by the hard economic times and the attendant interest in radical political solutions represented by Marxists such as Jan Erlone and Boris Max.

In creating Native Son Wright drew upon his memories of nearly ten years' residence in South Side Chicago, sociological studies of Chicago compiled by Louis Wirth, and material taken directly from the highly publicized trial of a Chicago black man named Robert Nixon. Eventually convicted and electrocuted for murdering a white woman with Browse all BookRags Study Guides. Copyrights Native Son from Gale.

All rights reserved. Toggle navigation. Sign Up. Sign In. Get Native Son from Amazon. View the Study Pack. View the Lesson Plans. Order our Native Son Study Guide. The bestseller follows Bigger Thomas, a young, black South Sider who accidentally kills the daughter of his white employers. Principal photography took place in Cleveland earlier this year. It was a real eye-opener. It was such a complicated book and story that it just really changed the way I was seeing the world.

All of those things against him came to me while trying to bring it to the screen. Chicago casting firm ExtraOrdinary Casting put out a call for extras for a train station scene Thursday. He has no refuge from constant poverty or from racism. The temporal setting is also important. During the setting of the book, racial segregation is still legal. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Richard Wright. Previous Next. Setting 's Chicago Maybe you've seen the jazz-fest filmic spectacular called Chicago.

Not even close. Timing Is Everything The temporal setting is also important.