Outsider by Wright Richard, 0060800224, Lowest Book Price Finder

Add your review	Outsider Author: Wright Richard ISBN-10: 0060800224 ISBN-13: 9780060800222 / Paperback Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers / 1982-11-01 Similar Books More Details from Amazon.co.uk

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White man exposed, humanity explored.

As in Native Son, Wright portrays a black man who manages to fool "smarter" white men. This is a common theme in Wright's work, but here is explored to the extremes. Bigger in Native Son is not an educated or confident man, but Cross' circumstances give him a swagger that is irresistible. He dupes almost everyone he meets. After all, as a black man he is not smart or educated and disadvantaged, or so his acquaintances are inclined to believe. This work acts as a raging indictment of "white" society and the prejudices that lie there in (this should not be surprising) but it also acts as a mirror, giving one pause and a chance to reflect. While most people see Cross' color, he has managed to transcend race. And that may be the true beauty of this novel. While it deals with issues of race relations, it explores fundamental issues of humanity as well. The Outsider is not just about a black man in a white world, but also about one individual who dares to question the foundations of morality and civilization. A novel for everyone to read, to think about, and ultimately to enjoy!

Wright truely captures the black man's plight.

Wright has an inside view of how some black men feel in this world of enemies. Cross feels that not only is he trapped in a world of racism, but also in a dead end job and a life that seems unreal at times. He analyzes the most routine events in his life until he gets so bogged down in details that any action seems like a dead end (almost literally). I feel as though that because of this Cross sometimes is his own worst enemy and this is the cause of most of his problems. Sometimes Wright can overkill some of the themes by being so analytical that he loses the reader by going to indepth into the more obscure subjects like Communism and Facist's beliefs, that are needed for the reader to understand some of Cross's actions. But that could have been done more tersely. Overall, this is a excellent book that I would recommend to anyone who loves a good read.

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