native son
Noun
Meaning
native son (plural native sons)
A man born in a specified place
Examples
It was Saturday night in America, and I felt like a native son.
But insiders say the festival this year is moving at a much slower pace than previous years — by the end of the first Sunday of last year’s festival, more than seven films had sold, including pricey deals for “Late Night,” “The Farewell” and “Native Son.”
The 61-cent, two-ounce rate stamp is the 25th installment of the literary arts series and features a portrait of Richard Wright in front of snow–swept tenements on the South Side of Chicago, a scene that recalls the setting of Native Son.
He offered as proof the subversive attacks of the Communists against Native Son and the quarrels which James Baldwin and other authors sought with him.
In 1991, unexpurgated versions of Native Son, Black Boy, and his other works were published.
Native Son received positive reviews, but Hearst-owned papers used the opportunity to attack Welles as a communist.