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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:book
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:none
not adapted into film.
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Richard_Wright
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gptkbp:available_formats
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ebook
hardcover
paperback
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:none
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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generally positive
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gptkbp:cultural_significance
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explores African American childhood experiences.
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gptkbp:focus
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family dynamics
social environment
Richard Wright's childhood
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gptkbp:focuses_on
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African American studies.
American literature courses.
history courses.
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Native_Son
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Historical_Society
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Great_Migration
gptkb:Depression_Era
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gptkbp:impact
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influenced civil rights literature
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gptkbp:influenced_artists
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gptkb:church
gptkb:Historical_Society
social commentary
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
social realism.
literary modernism.
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
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gptkbp:is_cited_in
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literary critiques.
anthologies.
educational curricula.
scholarly articles.
biographies of Richard Wright.
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0061130242
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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first-person
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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“ I was a boy who had been born into a world of hate.”
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gptkbp:page_count
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288
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gptkbp:published_year
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gptkb:1944
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Harper_&_Brothers
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gptkbp:reader_demographic
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young adults
adults
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Jim_Crow_South
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gptkbp:significance
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pioneering work in African American literature.
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gptkbp:style
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naturalism
realism
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gptkbp:themes
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gptkb:TV_series
racism
poverty
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Richard_Wright
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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