Wright's Native Son (1940) contains multiple similarities to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Native Son can be interpreted as an illustration of the harsh reality of racial injustice in the United States. James Baldwin, writing in the Partisan Review, boldly linked the two novels.Baldwin, James. Notes of a Native Son. Boston: Beacon Press, 1955. Print. In both books, racial injustice is a "pre-ordained pattern set upon the living reality".Charney, Maurice. "James Baldwin's quarrel with Richard Wright". American Quarterly. Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 1963, pp. 65–75. There is little the characters can do to escape racial discrimination. Additionally, both of these novels are a form of social protest, seek to disprove the idea that society neatly analyzes and treats race, and portrays African Americans who emerge confused, dishonest, and panicked as they are trapped and immobilized as prisoners within the American dream.Pinsker, Sanford. "Spike Lee: protest, literary tradition, and the individual filmmaker". The Midwest Quarterly 35.1 (1993): 63+. Literature Resources from Gale. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
Wright's Native Son (1940) contains multiple similarities to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Like Uncle Tom's Cabin, Native Son can be interpreted as an illustration of the harsh reality of racial injustice in the United S,tates. James Baldwin, writing in the Partisan Review, boldly linked the two novels.Baldwin, James. Notes of a Native Son. Boston: Beacon Press, 1955. Print. In both books, racial injustice is a "pre-ordained pattern set upon the living reality".Charney, Maurice. "James Baldwin's quarrel with Richard Wright". American Quarterly. Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 1963, pp. 65–75. There is little the characters can do to escape racial discrimination. Additionally, both of these novels are a form of social protest, seek to disprove the idea that society neatly analyzes and treats race, and portrays African Americans who emerge confused, dishonest, and panicked as they are trapped and immobilized as prisoners within the American dream.Pinsker, Sanford. "Spike Lee: protest, literary tradition, and the individual filmmaker". The Midwest Quarterly 35.1 (1993): 63+. Literature Resources from Gale. Retrieved April 17, 2011.