Identity Theft
Our second AP English reading book is a very interesting novel that makes one think outside of the box, literally. It is definitely a work of Literary Merit and despite the novel not being filled with enormous diction words and complicated text, it is an easy read that any student in high school can manage academically or even for fun and relaxation. Richard Wright infuses issues that his fictional society faces that have existed throughout time and is even relevant today. The Protagonist of Native Son , Bigger, has a fear of many things, including: his family, friends, society, and himself, that makes him pretend and disregard his own identity. The people from the novel’s society and societies throughout the years including today are blind, and sadly, they are not alert or aware. Society has a way of molding each individual into it’s own likeness. We are told what to do, what to wear, how to dress and...