Richard Wright adapts the ideas explored in Dostoyevsky’s “Crime & Punishment” and Camus’ “The Stranger” to analyze the cultural and moral displacement of black people in early 20th century USA.
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Interesting, profound, relatively likable characters | |
Enthralling, tense plot | |
Solid, memorable story | |
Enlightening on the situation of Afro-Americans in early 20th century USA | |
Enlightening on the not so obvious psychological effects of cultural displacement | |
Thought-provoking on cultural differences, racism, and human nature in general |