Cross Damon was a fictional character from Richard Wright's 1953 novel The Outsider.
Cross Damon was viewed as an "outsider" who did not attempt to become a product of the established culture of American society.
Cross was considered a complete opposite to Bigger Thomas, another character created by Richard Wright in his novel Native Son.
In many ways, Cross Damon resembles Meursault, the hero of Albert Camus novel The Stranger.
Both men lived outside of any involvement with common humanity and paid no attention to social mores.