Monday, March 16, 2009

Socratic Seminar on Native Son

1: What are your first impressions of Richard Wright's Native Son?

2: What do you think about the main character Bigger?

3: Why do you think Bigger has such a tough time accepting a job from a rich white family like the Daltons?

4: On pages 21 and 22, Bigger says that the white people live in his stomach. In your own words what do you think this means?

5: Bigger changes his mind very drastically about the idea of robbing Blum's. Other than his job opportunity, why do you think he acted the way he did?

6: Bigger seemed surprised about how well the Dalton's treated him. Where you surprised by the Dalton's actions?

7: What similarities do you see between Native Son and the articles you read for your blog post?

8: What other similarities do you see between Native Son, a novel written in 1930, and society today?




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