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“The Rat in the Cage: Inside Richard Wright's Native Son”
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Title: Native Son
Author: Richard Wright
Category: World History, Culture & Society, Philosophy & Big Ideas, Memoirs & Life Stories
What does it take for a person to feel human? Sam and Sophie sit with that question after reading Richard Wright's Native Son, a novel that opens with a rat being smashed in a cramped Chicago apartment and never lets up from there.
They walk through Bigger…
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