Date of Award
8-1958
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Degree Discipline
English
Abstract
For the purpose of this study, the writer has defined "an instance of emotion, emotion viewed with regard to one's reaction in social, economic and religious life: a state of alarm or dread, a dread of something that will or may happen in the future."3 The writer will attempt to prove that the protagonists under discussion in this thesis were in a state of alarm and that their reactions in their social and economic life were evidences of fear.
This investigation is limited to three novels, Native Son, The Street, and Knock On Any Door, and a study of an analysis of the concept of fear found in only three characters, Bigger Thomas, Mrs. Lutie Johnson, Nick Romano, and the extent to which fear influenced these characters.
Examples in the novels, of fear and passages which show the cause and extent of fear, will be presented. The writer will show by comparative analysis, similarities, and differences in the expression of fear in Bigger Thomas, Mrs. Lutie Johnson, and Nick Romano how this fear shaped their lives.
It is important to know that from the experiences of the authors Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and Willard Motley, the protagonists, Bigger Thomas, Lutie Johnson, and Nick Romano, were created and influenced.
3Stanley J. Kunitz, Twentieth Century Dictionary (New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1955).
Committee Chair/Advisor
Anne L. Campbell
Publisher
Prairie View A&M College
Rights
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Date of Digitization
10-12-2021
Contributing Institution
John B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Washington, A. L. (1958). A Comparative Study of Fear in Richard Wright's Bigger Thomas, Ann Petry's Mrs. Lutie Johnson, and Willard Motley's Nick Romano. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/517