Black Boy is Richard Wright's nonfiction account of growing up black in the South during the Jim Crow-era and his experience as a young adult living in Chicago during the 1930s. Richard endures many hardships, including violence, stemming from the racism of southern whites. As a young man, Richard moves North to Chicago, though he continues to struggle with segregation and poverty as he becomes involved in Communist politics. Black Boy doubles as a remarkable record of the experiences of black people during a turbulent time in American History and a powerful personal narrative of oppression.
After reading the novel Black Boy I learned about Richards experiences and development as a person This challenged me to learn of my own personal development and experiences in life I have found that the contrast between my personality and my parents personality ultimately result in congeniality with a short fuse Many of my traits can easily be compared with those of my parents An example of one of those traits is an extroverted personality Like my dad I would be considered outgoing However my
Childhood is suppose to be years full of carefree enjoyment however in Richard Wrights autobiography about growing up black in the south during the early 1920s this image is shattered Throughout the book Richard paints a picture of poverty hopelessness and despair One of his earliest memories is when he started a fire in his house Richard writes about his punishment from his mother I was lashed so hard and long that I lost consciousness I was beaten out of my senses and later I found myself in
American Oppression in Black Boy Growing up as a Negro in the South in the early 1900s is not that easy for some people tend to suffer different forms of oppression In this case it happens in the autobiography called Black Boy written by Richard Wright The novel is set in the early part of the 1900s somewhere in deep Jim Crow South Richard Wright who is obviously the main character is also the protagonist The antagonist is no one person in particular for it takes many different forms called opp
Because Richard is growing throughout the book his character is always changing The small child we see at the beginning is a far cry from the seventeen year old at the end yet there is a fundamental core which remains the same He is a rebel and as such an outsider from the very beginning Through his descriptions of peoples reactions to him Wright gives us a sense of the impression he makes on others He offends most everyone not for overt acts of defiance against them but because of the attitude
The Expansion on a View of Life Desire is a strong word to express a wish for that everyone around the world has Richard Wright in Black Boy has many desires to achieve Wright tells of his life from a young boy in the prejudice south to an adult in the north In Black Boy Richards expression of desire is a need for knowledge independence and understanding Knowledge is something that most if not all people want Richards one of them His first need for knowledge was when he moved in with his grandm
Violence As an author Richard Wright used his novel Black Boy to call upon citizens of the world to recognize the unjust exertions of force and power that were bestowed upon thousands of discriminated individuals However the central focus of Wrights novel was to show how racisms insidious nature creates an environment in which violence between people is inevitable It was within this environment that Richard endures three stages of his life including initiation acceptance and the consequential c