Destruction and Reconstruction of Self --- An Authentic Native Son

DOI

10.2991/iconfem-16.2016.40How to use a DOI?

Keywords

black, self, destruction, reconstruction

Abstract

As a native son of America, Bigger is a natural product of American society. He does not know where he belongs to, and how to find his way out of his bewilderment. He is a marginal man, and lives between white and black. During his life, Bigger experiences social and cultural destruction of manhood and reconstruction of his identity with authenticity. In this process, Bigger feels elated, contented with his right of making choice, with his treatment as a true human, with his sense of existence, with his ability of reaching out. It is all this satisfactions and disillusions that make Bigger to realize his true self and become an authentic native son on this piece of American land.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yuying Zhang
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BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Engineering Management (Iconf-EM 2016)
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