tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post7794757516468481423..comments2024-03-19T18:51:58.496-05:00Comments on Cultural Front: Critique of Manhood: Reading Native Son in an Alabama Medium Security PrisonH. Rambsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862209871277442972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595859379914711075.post-70982458811349417942015-10-21T10:29:20.889-05:002015-10-21T10:29:20.889-05:00When I taught Native Son to prisoners in Alabama ...When I taught <i>Native Son </i> to prisoners in Alabama in 1988, I had a quite different experience. Perhaps the men related a bit more easily to a black male. They were exceptionally well-informed about law and gave me some profound comments about Wright's treatment of Bigger Thomas and the law in the novel. Some of them had critical skills that exceeded mine. They seemed quite at ease with their manhood, and what they wanted from me was advice about how to make better use of their intelligence when and if they were released from prison.<br /><br />Jerry W. Ward, Jr.jwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00629967356068612552noreply@blogger.com