Native Son Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis of Character Analysis for "Native Son".

Native Son Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis of Character Analysis for "Native Son".
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Character Analysis for "Native Son"

Summary: Provides a character analysis of 'Bessie,' in Richard Wright's "Native Son." Discusses the principal conflict faced by Bessie. Describes her loyalty to her boyfriend.
If you analyze the character `Bessie' in Richard Wright's Native Son you will see that she is a woman wrought with many conflicts both standing right in front of her face, and in her own mind. Through out the course of the novel she finds it harder and harder to logically reason and triumph over her conflicts. The more you examine the character `Bessie' in the context of the novel you gain even more insight to what Wright meant when he wrote the novel.

The principal conflict `Bessie' faces stems from the things she is obligated to. She is compelled to stay true to `Bigger' because she is his long time girlfriend. This being the man she loved and the man she had dedicated herself to she had a certain loyalty instilled in her. At the time of the piece was written the notion "Stand by your man...

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