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The Question and Answer section for Native Son is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
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First.... Jan Erlone is a young man, a communist, and the Mary Dalton's boyfriend. He is idealistic and naïve, but his orthodoxy and reliance upon images and "symbols" get in the way of his well-meaning attempts to produce a real change. Jan's...
Fear is everywhere through the book. Native Son is a violent novel that includes a rape, two murders, fights, and a manhunt. There are also allusions to Bigger's thoughts of violence: "He felt suddenly that he wanted something in his hand,...
