黑人作家理查·赖特的小说《土生子》被改编成电影后,引起了强烈的轰动,这是黑人文学史上的一个里程碑,使黑人文学的发展达到一个高峰。本文重点探讨了主人公别格的心理变态、自我毁灭的前因后果,指出黑人的野蛮凶暴既非天性,也非民族特性,而是美国社会制度所造成的,主人公的罪行是社会畸形发展的必然产物。 After being adapted into a movie, the novel “Native Son” of black writer Richard Wright caused a strong sensation. This was a milestone in the history of black literature and brought the development of black literature to a peak. This article focuses on the psychological abnormalities of the protagonist and the causes and consequences of self-destruction. It points out that the cruelty and brutality of the blacks are neither natural nor characteristic of the nation. They are caused by the American social system. The crimes of the protagonists are the inevitable outcome of the social malformation.