Black Boy Essay
Silvia Aguila
Hr.3
Though out Black Boy the role of hunger evoked many different emotions in Richard and more or less shaped him personality though out his childhood and made him conform to being this kid that is forced to grow up faster than what his age is. Throughout the series of unfortunate events, beginning with with his father leaving, which primarily starts the hunger theme, Richard not only experience’s physical hunger but also emotional and educational hunger where he was beaten and never really understood as a child for what reason. He wanted to go to school and gain this knowledge but then again this is where the whole father leaving comes into play again. If his father where to stay to provide for the house hold he would have been able to pursue his hunger for knowledge. Black Boy by Richard Wright shows how there are things that we take completely for granted, and how there are kids that would have killed to have these opportunities.
"Hunger stole upon me slowly that at first I was not aware of what hunger really meant. Hunger had always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at me gauntly" (pg.14) . The physical hunger began very young in Richards’s life and continued in his life. After the disappearance of Richards’s father, Richard begins to see a constant starvation pattern that he sees repeatedly in his life afterwards. "Once again I knew hunger, biting hunger, hunger that made my body aimlessly restless, hunger that kept me on edge, that made my temper flare, hunger that made hate leap out of my heart like the dart of a serpent's tongue, hunger that created in me odd cravings" (pg. 102-103) although sometimes food is provided to him, him being such a hard head would deny the offer just to make a point. This is how his hunger shapes his personality.
Although there is physical hunger in Richards’s life, there is also the hunger of emotion. While not
Hr.3
Though out Black Boy the role of hunger evoked many different emotions in Richard and more or less shaped him personality though out his childhood and made him conform to being this kid that is forced to grow up faster than what his age is. Throughout the series of unfortunate events, beginning with with his father leaving, which primarily starts the hunger theme, Richard not only experience’s physical hunger but also emotional and educational hunger where he was beaten and never really understood as a child for what reason. He wanted to go to school and gain this knowledge but then again this is where the whole father leaving comes into play again. If his father where to stay to provide for the house hold he would have been able to pursue his hunger for knowledge. Black Boy by Richard Wright shows how there are things that we take completely for granted, and how there are kids that would have killed to have these opportunities.
"Hunger stole upon me slowly that at first I was not aware of what hunger really meant. Hunger had always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at me gauntly" (pg.14) . The physical hunger began very young in Richards’s life and continued in his life. After the disappearance of Richards’s father, Richard begins to see a constant starvation pattern that he sees repeatedly in his life afterwards. "Once again I knew hunger, biting hunger, hunger that made my body aimlessly restless, hunger that kept me on edge, that made my temper flare, hunger that made hate leap out of my heart like the dart of a serpent's tongue, hunger that created in me odd cravings" (pg. 102-103) although sometimes food is provided to him, him being such a hard head would deny the offer just to make a point. This is how his hunger shapes his personality.
Although there is physical hunger in Richards’s life, there is also the hunger of emotion. While not