Wright's craft is as important as content in Native son / JOyce Ann Joyce -- The American Black man's experience is reflected through imagery in Native son / James A. Emanuel -- The violence of the beast: animal imagery in Native son / Robert Felgar -- Wright's allusions to color-blindness in Native son / Seymour L. Gross -- The conclusion of Native son is often misunderstood / Paul N. Siegel -- Wright's male heroes an female characters are archetypes / Maria K. Mootry -- Wright's minor women characters are more sympathetic than the men / Kathleen Ochshorn -- Bigger Thomas is a product of mass culture / Ross Pudaloff -- Bigger Thomas wants to be heard / James A. Miller -- Bigger Thomas represents the social plight of the lower classes / James Robert Saunders -- Native son is set in a gothic ghetto / Robert Butler -- Man's need for community: the failure of the city in Native son / Charles W. Scruggs -- Urban racism causes Bigger's irrationality / Seodial Deena -- Native son is a novel of religious skepticism / Robert L. Douglas -- A missed clue proves the existence of racism in Native son / Doyle W. Walls -- Native son is a novel of revolt / Steven J. Rubin -- Explaining the violence of Native son / Jerry H. Bryant -- Violence in Native son shocks readers into awareness of White oppression / Laurel J. Gardner.