The protagonist runs away from the police after murdering Mary Dalton in this novel, whose title James Baldwin borrowed for an essay collection.
In this novel, the protagonist's "weak good-by" to a lawyer at the end contrasts with the "Bring!" of an alarm clock at its start, which is discussed in the essay "Many Thousands Gone." A book titled for this novel recalls throwing a pitcher at a waitress in a segregated diner and lambasts this novel in the essay "Everybody's Protest Novel." In the (*) "Flight" section of this novel, a journalist finds a skeleton and an earring in a furnace, after which the protagonist flees with Bessie. The protagonist runs away from the police after murdering Mary Dalton in this novel, whose title James Baldwin borrowed for an essay collection. For 10 points, name this novel about the rage of the African-American Bigger Thomas, written by Richard Wright.
In this novel, the protagonist's "weak good-by" to a lawyer at the end contrasts with the "Bring!" of an alarm clock at its start, which is discussed in the essay "Many Thousands Gone.
Native Son [accept Notes of a Native Son] 