Native Son Review

Native Son is a play about a black man named Bigger in the 1930s. Bigger, living on the south side of Chicago with his family, he still struggles with handling racism. As he takes a job as a servant he is put into a hard position when the family's sweet heart little girl comes on to him. He accidentally kills her and now struggles to deal with hiding it. This play is one of a kind from my point of view, it kept me focused the whole way through which is not common when it comes to live theater.

The way the play kept me focused was the way they had you rooting for Bigger's side but as the play went on you start to see that Bigger is kinda losing his mind. When Bigger kills his wife I finally decided that he was the bad guy in this play but for me I still wanted him to survive and get away. It almost feels like you were in his head because all the bad things that he done you would still be on his side.

This play was also one of a kind because of a character that is never used in a play but is in this one. If you have ever seen the movie Fight Club which is my favorite movie, there is a character of the main character that is in his mind, almost like his conscious or a spiritual guide. This play had a character just like that, thinking with him and arguing. The way they had him and his mind talk as bigger was talking to some one was just one of a kind.