The narrator of this novel compares one character to K from Kafka's The Castle because he did not receive a pension from the War Department because he accidentally misspelled his last name as Vinson.
The narrator of this novel compares one character to K from Kafka's The Castle because he did not receive a pension from the War Department because he accidentally misspelled his last name as Vinson. The title character's foreman at the optical company Mr. Olin, pays him five dollars to enter a deadly fight with Harrison, and earlier he uses a kitchen knife to protect him from Aunt Addie, a fanatical Seventh Day Adventist. The title character hangs a kitten to defy his father and is beaten at the age of four for accidentally starting a fire that nearly burned down his house in this novel's first section called, "Southern Night." The conviction of Ross convinces the title character to leave the John Reed Club and Communist Party, which he originally found appealing when he moved to Chicago from Memphis. For 10 points, name this autobiographical novel by Richard Wright.
The narrator of this novel compares one character to K from Kafka's The Castle because he did not receive a pension from the War Department because he accidentally misspelled his last name as Vinson.
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