Native Son Continued

The streets are mean. I’m a privileged white kid raised in the relative suburban safety of Fayetteville, Arkansas, I’ve seen enough of Kansas City to know the streets are mean. I’ve never gotten used to it, while I’m not naïve, I hope I never do. Stavrogin marries Marya Timofeevna out of naïve idealism. The motivation behind the action is, “saving the s…