Last Line

"He heard the rind of the steel against steel as a far door clanged shut." This quote is the last line to the novel Native Son. This novel was written by Richard Wright.
Wright was born on September 4th, 1908 and he died on November 26th, 1960. Much of his literature was focused on African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries.
Wright was married twice and had two daughters.

Native Son is about a boy named Bigger who killers two girls throughout the novel. One of the girls being the daughter of a very well known family. The other girl was Bigger's current girlfriend who he ran away with, then raped her, then killed her. Eventually the police caught Bigger while he was on the run and the grand drury found him guilty for murder, sentencing him to death. Towards the end of the novel Bigger comes to terms with what he has done and accepts his fate.

I found the story some what interesting but I wouldn't read it on my own. I think that this book would bother me because of all the misfortune and death, much like my views on "The Good Soldier". I think that Bigger didn't mean to kill the first girl, it was an accident. But I also think that Bigger felt like he had to kill his girlfriend, like he had no choice.