Wright's "Native Son" (1940) contains multiple similarities to "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Like "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Native Son" can be interpreted as an illustration of the harsh reality of racial injustice in the United States. James Baldwin, writing in the "Partisan Review", boldly linked the two novels. In both books, racial injustice is a "pre-ordained pattern set upon the living reality". There is little the characters can do to escape racial discrimination. Additionally, both of these novels are a form of social protest, seek to disprove the idea that society neatly analyzes and treats race, and portrays African Americans who emerge confused, dishonest, and panicked as they are trapped and immobilized as prisoners within the American dream.