'Racial Challenges In Sounder' By William Armstrong

In the book Sounder by William Armstrong, the main character faces racial challenges in the 19th century, poverty, and many other hardships. As the boys family struggles to put food on the table the father decides to steal a ham. When the father is caught and taken away in a wagon, sounder follows, resulting in a brutal injury inflicted by one of the officers. As the boy sets out to look for his father, he peers into a camp where his hand is cut. Later, as the boy roams the land for his father, he comes across a school house, from inside the teacher sees him and proceeds to see what's going on. The boy says that his hand is wounded. Because of these events, the boy ends up moving in with the teacher.