Black Boy --- author Richard Wright
Black Boy was an autobiographical piece written from the perspective of an ordinary African-American living from the era of the Jim Crow South. The book gave the readers a glance at the harsh realities of life that Richard Wright, the author, been through. During the time in which Richard lived in, the blacks were often faced with poverty and hunger. Most of all, they were segregated from the whites in the south. They were excluded from the white community. Richard knew that, so he turned to his black community such as his family and relatives. Unfortunately, they too treated him as an outcast. They treated him terribly. He was frequently abused by his grandma and his aunt for no particular reason. I felt this is unjustified, just like a time when I was blamed for something I didn't do. Throughout the book, the things he experienced in his young adult life were similar to the experienced I went through. Since we both faced somewhat the same situations, I know what this must have changed his life. This is one of the reasons that I absolutely liked the book. I felt like there are many connections Richard Wright and I made based on what we been through. One connection Richard and I both have in common is that we've fac
Richard Wright grew up without any support from anyone for anything he wanted to do. He didn't care about anyone who doubted him. He didn't accept any negativity from anyone whether they're white or black. Richard was a brave man. He showed us the difficulties that came with trying to go against what was set for him, and the things he accomplished. Although Richard Wright was discouraged by people telling him a black man could never be successful as an author, he uses this as motivation to pursue a career in writing. He was being interviewed for a job; the white lady asked how old and what grade he was in. He responded with seventh grade. Since that was far along in school for the time, especially for a black child, she questioned why he was still going to school. "Well, I want to be a writer," [he] mumbled, unsure of myself." p.147. She quickly tells him "You'll never be a writer, who on earth put such ideas into your nigger head?" P.147. Immediately he leaves the job interview, and decides to never return to that job, because the lady assaulted his ego. He said: "she had assumed that she knew my place in life, what I felt, what I ought to be, and I resented it all with my heart" p.147. Richard Wright grew up with negative comments being thrown at him all his life. If it was me, all that would get to me, and I would soon become depressed. Richard took it all and kept it, and used this for his stories, and is what made Black Boy so successful. When he would write stories as a teenager, he was first looked upon as a silly boy for thinking that a black man could ever make it in the arts. Although he was looked down upon by his peers for still trying to make a name for himself, he didn't let that ever stop him, and he continued to pursue his career in writing. Eventually, he became a successful author. ed poverty. O
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Approximate Word count = 1244
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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