A morally ambiguous character is a character that is difficult to put into the category of good or evil. The author leaves the reader to decipher what the character truly is, hero or villain. For many reasons, a writer uses moral ambiguity to leave his or her work to be interpreted in multiple ways. Morally ambiguous characters leads us to ask questions about our own morality. It makes the reader think of the world morally, and not see the world as black and white. The character’s current situation, social class, and the story’s society around the character facilitates and plays a major role in these moral decisions. Moral ambiguity is important in Native Son because: it makes the reader think of the world morally, it gives the reader a different perspective on life, and it leaves the reader to interpret the writer’s work.
In Native Son, Richard…show more content… He truly leaves the interpretation open to the reader. The reader can either feel sympathetic, remorseful, or understanding with Biggers situation. However, Richard Wright creates a drive into the reader. He makes them feel what it is like in Bigger’s situation, and they make the reader want to do something about it. Wright connects his book to present day society. He creates a connection to, already existing, race segregation and similar situations. Wright puts the readers of Native Son into just one situation that race segregation puts you in. He created Bigger through the already existing societies created by segregation. Bigger being molded by what was around him, being told what to think and treated like he was significantly under everyone else. This truly puts the reader on the fence on what to think. On one hand Bigger was aware of what he has done and tries to hide his feelings under all of the anger. On the other hand Bigger had nothing else to turn to, and a segregated society was the main resulting factor that made him who he