从地方搬到城市的一个女人海秀，开一间咖啡厅开始新的生活。常来咖啡厅的女高中生艺珍，继而在咖啡厅打工，渐渐被海秀吸引。艺珍确信自己的感情是真的，向海秀告白。
Wright's 1940 original novel followed a poor, 20-year-old black Chicagoan, Bigger Thomas, as he takes a job as a chauffeur for the wealthy, white Dalton family. When Thomas accidentally mits an act of violence against a member of the family, he engages in an elaborate cover-up scheme that begets more crimes. Wright emphasizes throughout the novel that society has been set up to make Thomas what he bees.
