Book One Quotes

Native Son (1940)

by Richard Wright

Book One: "Fear" (pp. 1-108)

The epigram from Job:
Even today is my complaint rebellious,
My stroke is heavier than my groaning

Morning in the Thomas’ South Side Apartment (pp. 1-12)

On the Street (pp. 12- 22)

Blum's Delicatessan (pp. 12-13)
The Skywriter (pp.15-16)
Bigger's Gut (pp. 18-19)
Bigger's Gut 2 (pp. 20-21)

The Pool Hall (pp. 22- 29)

Blum's Delicatessan 2 (pp. 24-26)
Hysteria (pp. 27-28)

At the Movies (pp. 29-34)

The Newsreel (pp.30-31)

Terrorizing Gus (pp. 35-42)

Blum's Delicatessan 3 (pp.35-39)
Processing the Violence (p. 41)

The Interview (pp. 42-53)

The Gun (pp. 41-42)
The Dalton's Front Door (p. 43)
Mrs. Dalton (p, 45)
Interview with Mr. Dalton (pp.46-49)
Mary Dalton: the Girl from the Newsreel (pp. 50-52)

The Night Ride with Mary and Jan (pp.62-80)

Mary Tells Bigger to Pick Up Jan (pp. 61-63)
Shaking Hands with Jan (pp. 64-66)
Riding in the Front Seat with Mary and Jan (pp. 64-68)
Ernie's Chicken Shack (pp, 69-71)
The Back Seat (p.77)

Bigger and Mary Stumble Towards Bed (pp. 80-87)

The Killing (pp. 83-85)
The Realization (p. 86)

The Furnace (pp. 87-93)

The Plan (p.87)
The Furnace (p. 90-91)