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        Native Son


        setting

        Chicago

        time

        1930s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1930

        page count

        430

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Bigger Thomas

        Rip's impressions

        Belongs to the 19th century; it's hard to see today why Fitzgerald and others loved it so.

        first line

        Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room. A bed spring creaked. A woman's voice sang out impatiently: "Bigger, shut that thing off!"

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)