Richard Wright and Black Boy :: Black Boy

Richard Wright and Black male childOne main run of the United States shaping was missing from theJim Crow South equality. The Constitution clearly states that allmen argon created equal, but in the Jim Crow era blacks were incessantly persecuted for something that would be accept fit intodays society. In the early twentieth century the South was a place ofracial prejudice, discrimination, and hate blacks could be punishedfor scarcely looking at a white person in the wrong manner. Punishmentsincluded arrest, beating, even lychings were a common part of the age.This is how life was while Richard Wright was maturation up but in hisautobiography Black Boy we learn that despite his being a black boy inthe Jim Crow South, natural on a Mississippi plantation, he is eventuallyable to achieve success. Although independence was a crucial factorthat enabled Richard Wright to succeed, his rebelliousness,intelligence, and perseverance were also important bestowfactors.Richard Wright wa s an independent person by nature. Throughout thebook Richard neer seemed to have an extreme emotional attachment toany atomic number 53. It was as if he did not need or want anyones assistance orapproval, except his own. Ever since Richard was sincerely young he wasforced to be independent. When he mother had her stroke, Richard wasforced to take drive out and become the person of the house and he wouldaccept no ones help. Though I was a child, I could no longer feel asa child, could no longer react as a child...When the neighbors offeredme food, I refused, already ashamed that so often in my life I had tobe supply by strangers.(pg.97) While Richard was living at his Grannyshis independence really started to show through. All Richard everthought about was leaving to go to the North specially after beingridiculed for writing his story, The Voodoo of Hells Half-Acre. Noone supported him. He wanted to be able to do what he wanted to, byhimself. I drea med of going nor th and writing books andnovels.(pg.186) Once Richard was on his own he felt free of theburden, of other peoples opinions that had tied him down his entirelife.along with independence, his rebelliousness was another beginning pointof Wrights drive to understand it in a white mans world. The very firstsign we see of the rebel in Wright is when he is only four years old.Richard and his brother are playing with a stray cat one day when hisRichard Wright and Black Boy Black BoyRichard Wright and Black BoyOne main point of the United States Constitution was missing from theJim Crow South equality. The Constitution clearly states that allmen are created equal, but in the Jim Crow era blacks werecontinuously persecuted for something that would be acceptable intodays society. In the early 20th century the South was a place ofracial prejudice, discrimination, and hate blacks could be punishedfor simply looking at a white person in the wrong manner. Punishmentsincluded arrest, beating , even lychings were a common part of the age.This is how life was while Richard Wright was growing up but in hisautobiography Black Boy we learn that despite his being a black boy inthe Jim Crow South, born on a Mississippi plantation, he is eventuallyable to achieve success. Although independence was a crucial factorthat enabled Richard Wright to succeed, his rebelliousness,intelligence, and perseverance were also important contributingfactors.Richard Wright was an independent person by nature. Throughout thebook Richard never seemed to have an extreme emotional attachment toanyone. It was as if he did not need or want anyones assistance orapproval, except his own. Ever since Richard was very young he wasforced to be independent. When he mother had her stroke, Richard wasforced to take charge and become the person of the house and he wouldaccept no ones help. Though I was a child, I could no longer feel asa child, could no longer react as a child...When the neighbors offered me food, I refused, already ashamed that so often in my life I had tobe fed by strangers.(pg.97) While Richard was living at his Grannyshis independence really started to show through. All Richard everthought about was leaving to go to the North especially after beingridiculed for writing his story, The Voodoo of Hells Half-Acre. Noone supported him. He wanted to be able to do what he wanted to, byhimself. I drea med of going north and writing books andnovels.(pg.186) Once Richard was on his own he felt free of theburden, of other peoples opinions that had tied him down his entirelife.Along with independence, his rebelliousness was another beginning pointof Wrights drive to make it in a white mans world. The very firstsign we see of the rebel in Wright is when he is only four years old.Richard and his brother are playing with a stray cat one day when his