Native Son

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meerah Mind Map on Native Son, created by meerah1 on 31/03/2014.
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Native Son
  1. Bigger Thomas
    1. protagonist
      1. poor uneducated black man
        1. lack of education=menial labor
        2. feels trapped in his life
          1. fears and hates whites
            1. views whites as collective overwhelming force: tells him how to live
          2. Bigger is the product of American culture and the violence and racism that suffuse it
          3. Effect of racism on the psychological state of its black victims
            1. 1930s Chicago southside of city
              1. 1. sabotages white man robbery by violently attacking member of his gang
                1. 2. Bigger takes job as chauffeur for Daltons
                  1. 3. Bigger drives Mary to meet Jan
                    1. Mary is Mr. Daltons Daughter
                      1. Enter text here
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