Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son by Richard Wright

Which cover do you find the most interesting and what do you think each would have in common?

HmmTo start the class and figure out when and where our next

novel takes place, make a guess at when these events happened.

• TheGreat Depression

• The Dutch first brought

African Slaves

• Lincoln abolishes

slavery (13th Amendment)

• Civil War

•Brown v. Board of Ed, Topecka

Kansas (desegregate

schools)

• Blacks became “citizens”

• Jackie Robinson – First Black MLB player

• Rosa Parks – Bus (lead to bus

boycott

• Plessy v. Ferguson

(separate but equal)

•World War II

For A Little Perspective

1619 Dutch Bring

Slaves

1865Lincoln & the

13th Amendment

186814th Amend.

Blacks became “citizens”

C1870

15th Amend. Blacks can vote

1896Plessy v. Ferguson

1947J. Robinson

MLB

1954Brown v.

Board of Ed

1955Rosa Parks

– Bus Boycott

1939World War II

Started

1861-65Civil War

1939-45WW II

This is when our story takes place

1929-1939The Great

Depression

Scenarios

• Being a minority• Working as a chauffer• Knowing everyone looks down on you• Earning $25/week plus room and board• Being asked to be a communist• Eating with people that are of another race• Enduring constant family discontent• Possibly facing execution in the electric chair.

Write a few sentences about how you would feel if you were put in these situations. Throughout the book, compare and contrast your feelings to how

our protagonist reacts hearing, seeing, or being part of these events.

Money Talk1930 2013

•Salary - $18,261•Loaf of Bread – $1.20•Qt. of Milk - $1.87•$66•$106•$1,334•$133,488

•Salary - $1,368•Loaf of Bread – 9 cents•Qt. of Milk – 14 cents•$5•$8•$100•10,000

Famous cases/events•Loeb and Leopold •Scottsboro Boys•Red Scare/McCarthyism •Plessy vs. Ferguson •Brown vs. Board of Education •Civil War•The Great Depression•13th amendment

Watch out for:•Differences of multiple groups of people• Ignorance and blindness•Hate and fear•Oppression and segregation •Opportunity and conformity•Nature (natural instincts and characteristics) vs. Nurture

(outside forces such as friends, family, society, etc.)

Reading – What do you think?•Must read the introduction!•Book 1 – Fear•Book 2 – Flight•Book 3 – Fate

Characters1. Bigger Thomas2. Buddy Thomas3. Vera Thomas4. Mrs. Thomas5. Jack6. G. H. 7. Gus8. Doc9. Bessie Mears10.Reverend

Hammond

1. Buckley2. Mr. Britten3. Blum4. Jan Erlone5. Mr. Henry Dalton6. Mrs. Dalton7. Mary Dalton8. Peggy9. Dalton Cat10.Max