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Course Hero. "Native Son Study Guide." Course Hero. 28 July 2016. Web. 3 July 2022. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Native-Son/>.
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Course Hero. (2016, July 28). Native Son Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved July 3, 2022, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Native-Son/
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Course Hero. "Native Son Study Guide." July 28, 2016. Accessed July 3, 2022. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Native-Son/.
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Course Hero, "Native Son Study Guide," July 28, 2016, accessed July 3, 2022, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Native-Son/.
Bigger argues with his mother about the job with the Daltons.
Fear, Book 1 (Home to Street)Bigger changes his mind about a robbery and beats up Gus to get out of it.
Fear, Book 1 (Theater)As the Daltons' new chauffeur, Bigger drives Mary on a date through Chicago with Jan.
Fear, Book 1 (Out with Mary and Jan)Bigger assists Mary to her bedroom, smothers her, and disposes of her body.
Fear, Book 1 (Mary's Bedroom and the Basement)Bigger develops his ransom note plan and later delivers it.
Flight, Book 2 (Britten's Questions)Questioning Bigger, reporters discover Mary's remains, and Bigger escapes.
Flight, Book 2 (Ransom, Reporters, and Escape)Bigger and Bessie hide, and Bigger rapes and kills her.
Flight, Book 2 (On the Run with Bessie)Bigger dodges police but is captured and jailed.
Flight, Book 2 (Evasion and Capture)The trial takes place, and the judge sentences Bigger to death.
Fate, Book 3 (Buckley's Closing and Sentence)Bigger only allows Max to visit him in jail, and they talk just before his execution.
Fate, Book 3 (Before the Execution)| Book | Summary |
|---|---|
| Fear, Book 1 (Home to Street) | The Thomas family awakens to the sound of an alarm clock in their one-room apartment. As the family dresses for the day,... Read More |
| Fear, Book 1 (Street to Pool Room) | Bigger meets his friend Gus in the street, and the two smoke together while watching a plane skywrite above their heads.... Read More |
| Fear, Book 1 (Theater) | To pass time before the robbery, Jack and Bigger go to see a movie. Once in the theater, but before the film starts, Jac... Read More |
| Fear, Book 1 (Interview with the Daltons) | Bigger notices he still has his gun tucked inside his shirt, and he decides to take it with him to meet Mr. Dalton becau... Read More |
| Fear, Book 1 (Out with Mary and Jan) | Bigger is supposed to take Mary to the university, but Mary convinces him to pick up her boyfriend, Jan, instead. Mary's... Read More |
| Fear, Book 1 (Mary's Bedroom and the Basement) | Once Mary and Bigger arrive at the mansion, it becomes clear that Mary is too drunk to get to her room without waking th... Read More |
| Flight, Book 2 (With the Family) | Bigger awakens in his apartment and remembers the events of the night before. He sees Mary's purse on a chair and rushes... Read More |
| Flight, Book 2 (Daltons' Masion, Bessie's Place) | Bigger returns to the Daltons' house, and Peggy tells him Mary has not come downstairs. She asks why the car is in the d... Read More |
| Flight, Book 2 (Britten's Questions) | Bigger's first task after he returns to the Daltons' is to collect Mary's trunk from the station, because she never clai... Read More |
| Flight, Book 2 (Ransom, Reporters, and Escape) | The Daltons quickly discover the note under the front door. Britten, suspicious of Bigger, returns to question Peggy abo... Read More |
| Flight, Book 2 (On the Run with Bessie) | Bigger tells Bessie that the ransom plan is off. He explains how he killed Mary by accident and how he disposed of her b... Read More |
| Flight, Book 2 (Evasion and Capture) | The following day Bigger is on the move through the neighborhood. He tracks the manhunt for him by checking the newspape... Read More |
| Fate, Book 3 (Bigger in Jail and Confession) | For the first several days in custody, Bigger refuses to speak or eat. He collapses when he is brought to the inquest an... Read More |
| Fate, Book 3 (Inquest and After) | Bigger returns to the inquest, navigating through a mob hurling insults at him. One of the mob's participants hits him o... Read More |
| Fate, Book 3 (Conversation with Max) | A guard brings Bigger a meal and a newspaper that includes more hostile coverage of the inquest. A struggle in a nearby ... Read More |
| Fate, Book 3 (The Trial and Max's Defense) | As planned, Max enters a guilty plea at the trial and wants to show how Bigger's background has contributed to his crime... Read More |
| Fate, Book 3 (Buckley's Closing and Sentence) | After the recess Buckley presents his closing argument and urges for the death penalty. He recounts Bigger's crimes in l... Read More |
| Fate, Book 3 (Before the Execution) | Bigger eats and sleeps little as he awaits the carrying out of his sentence. When his family comes to visit, he sends th... Read More |
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