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THEMES - The dangers of racial oppression

ClassNotes Team 4 MIN READUPDATED 5 JUL 2026

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS2 SECOND TERM

WEEK FIVE

THEMES - The dangers of racial oppression

CONTENT

REFERENCES

  1. Exam Reflection Literature- in-English by Sunday Olateju Faniyi.
  2. Exam Reflection Literature-in-English (Prose and Drama) by Sunday Olateju Faniyi. 
  3. Native Son by Richard Wright.

THEMES

The dangers of racial oppression: Beyond all reasonable doubts, it is convincingly established by Max in court that the gruesome crimes of Bigger are not in any way far from the intimidating weight of racial inequalities that permeate the American society. That is, by extension, this work proffers to readers that there are dangers concomitant to act of oppression, and particularly, racial oppression. We see young Bigger who enjoys his freelance attitude and gangsterism becoming a deadly emotionless…