'Neighborhood In Richard Wright's Native Son'
Richard Wright’s novel, Native Son, is set in Chicago and revolves around the life of Bigger Thomas, who lives in the city’s impoverished black neighborhood. While attending his job as a chauffeur to the Daltons, a prominent white family, Bigger attempts to carry their intoxicated daughter Mary to her room. Mrs. Dalton suddenly enters, and Bigger, fearing that she would find him, covers Mary’s face with a pillow and suffocates her to death. Afterwards, he throws the dead Mary into the furnace and destroys every piece of evidence from that night. The next morning, the Daltons quickly realize Mary’s disappearance and contact the local authorities in order to find her. Bigger successfully evades the suspicion of the police, and later, he writes