“美国黑人文学之父”理查德·赖特的代表作《土生子》用现实主义的手法揭露了美国黑人的生存困境,同时反映了作者追求民族和谐的殷切希望。在小说中,赖特塑造了一位反“汤姆叔叔”形象的主人公别格·托马斯,讲述了别格如何在冷漠的家庭和备受歧视的社会中从困顿走向成熟的心路历程。本文从成长小说的角度入手,从主人公成长的困惑与反抗、成长的引路人以及成长的顿悟三方面来深入探讨小说彰显出的成长主题。 “The Father of Afro-American Literature ” Richard Wright’s masterpiece, “Native Son,” realistically exposed the living predicament of Afro-Americans and at the same time, reflected the author’s ardent hope of pursuing national harmony. In the novel, Wright shaped a hero, Thomas Thomas, in the image of “Uncle Tom”, and described how Beggar’s journey from drowsiness to maturity in an indifferent family and a discriminating society. This article starts from the perspective of the novel of growth and explores in depth the theme of growth in the novel from three aspects: perplexity and resistance of the protagonist’s growth, the guide of growth and the insight of growth.