2010 NBA Finals: Paul Pierce as the Native Son

There is little similarity between Richard Wright’s character "Bigger" in Native Son and Paul Pierce.  

The only similarity is that they both came from impoverished environments to rub elbows with the rich.  Bigger ends up on the wrong side of the law; and Pierce was stabbed from someone on the wrong side of the law.  

On Thursday the native son returns to the place of his birth to try and beat the team th...

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