Native Son

Should this be the new cover for Native Son? 

In Native Son by Richard Wright one of the obvious themes was racism and prejudice. In the novel, Bigger, the main character was a black man who wound up in a rather tough predicament ending up with him in a lot of trouble. One of the underlying themes of the novel that I chose to focus on was the battle Wright created between Capitalism and Communism. 

Many claimed the author was actually a Communist himself but what I think he was trying to do was have people make a decision for themselves. Which is more conducive to a successful, functioning society - Communism or Capitalism? 

For this assignment I would like you to look through the links on my delicious webpage 

After doing that create a blog post to your own webpage discussing which is better...

If the my delicious does not work (which it often doesn't)

the links are also here!

http://www.conservative-resources.com/capitalism-vs-communism.html

http://whyperspective.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/communism-vs-capitalism/

http://www.worldsocialism.org/articles/what_is_capitalism.php

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5282

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam011.html

Refer to these quotes to have a better understanding of what Richard Wright was trying to say in his book:

QUOTE ONE 

"'Listen, Bigger,' said Britten. 'Did you see this guy [Jan] act in any way out of the ordinary? I mean, sort of nervous, say? Just what did he talk about?'
'He talked about Communists. . . .'
'Did he ask you to join?'
'He gave me that stuff to read.'
'Come on. Tell us some of the things he said.'
Bigger knew the things that white folks hated to hear Negroes ask for; and he knew that these were the things the Reds were always asking for." (Wright 109)

QUOTE TWO

“[Bigger] had discovered that he had spoken to Max as he had never spoken to anyone in his life; not even to himself” (Wright 359)

* Max is a prominent Communist figure in the book and Bigger's attorney 

QUOTE THREE

“[The rich people] want to keep what they own, even if it causes others to suffer” (Wright 427).