It broke a path for American protest novel, successfully portrayed the character, Bigger Thomas, and mercilessly exposed the racial discrimination existing then in American society.

它在美国文学中占有非常重要的地位，开创了美国文学中抗议小说的先河，成功地塑造了别格。

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He was a true radical, racial equality for everyone - men and women, blacks, whites, regardless of character, sex, skin color.

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