《土生子》一直被认为是黑人文学的一个里程碑。作品中赖特塑造了一位新型的黑人形象别格。作品的伟大之处不言而喻,但也存在严重的不足。赖特从男权社会价值观出发,在小说中将三位黑人女性——托马斯夫人,维拉和蓓西彻底否定,甚至没有给她们自省的机会,使她们自始至终都处于麻木无知的状态。对她们的刻画似乎在暗示:这三个女人是白人的帮凶,应该为别格的悲剧承担一定责任。作者将三位妇女简单的模式化,并没有看到她们的复杂性;尽管客观的 “Native son” has long been considered a milestone in black literature. Wright in the works shaped a new type of Negro image. The greatness of the work goes without saying, but there are also serious deficiencies. Starting from the social values ​​of patriarchal society, Wright completely denied the three black women, Mrs. Thomas, Villa and Beausieu, without even giving them introspection, and left them in a state of numbness from beginning to end. The portrayal of them seems to suggest that these three women are the accomplices of the white people and should bear some responsibility for the tragedy of the other. The author simply stylized three women and did not see their complexity; although objective