After this character's girlfriend warns him that he will be accused of rape, he imagines rape as "what one felt when one's back was against a wall and one had to strike out."
After this character's girlfriend warns him that he will be accused of rape, he imagines rape as "what one felt when one's back was against a wall and one had to strike out." The author who created this character described 5 real people from his youth who inspired this character in the essay "How [this character] Was Born." This character pulls a knife on his friend Gus in a poolroom in order to avoid having to follow through on their plans to (*) rob Blum's store without appearing cowardly. In the section of the novel in which he appears titled "Flight," this character runs away when a group of newspaper reporters discover an earring inside of a furnace. Jan Erlone arranges for the lawyer Boris Max to defend this character for the crime of the murder of Mary Dalton. For 10 points, name this protagonist of Richard Wright's Native Son.
After this character's girlfriend warns him that he will be accused of rape, he imagines rape as "what one felt when one's back was against a wall and one had to strike out."
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