Summary Of The Book 'Black Boy' By Richard Wright

As I reviewed the book Black Boy by Richard Wright, I have noticed that the author’s main interest is in Language and World Affairs as he paid much attention to human conditions of the twentieth century. Keen focus/ literary theme was on the life and history of the author which stimulated insights and thoughts of the cultural occurrences of the period. The story tabulates the author’s life growing up as a poor African-American, highlighting the struggles and obstacles that were trite for that group of individuals at that time in history. The tale of the poverty-stricken family was chronologically laid out including the struggles of hunger, both for love and food and not excluding his misunderstanding of the world in general. Wright wanted to learn more and more and therefore had a thirst for knowledge. Throughout, Wright was essentially trying to find himself and in so doing strongly used language to engulf the interest of the reader by creating excitement in the description of sceneries or smells such as the cooking of cotton seeds as in Chapter 2. The fishing scenes would have
Racial inequalities were seen as prevalent but Wright never understood the reasons behind it all, he never received the answers to his questions. And fate would have it that he was often times punished for asking these questions and he resented the treatment he received. “What was it that made the hate of whites for blacks so steady, seemingly so woven into the texture of things? What kind of life was possible under that hate? How had this hate come to be?” were some of his many questions. And, in asking these questions he craved for hope as was clear in his statement: “I told myself that there were good white people, people with money and sensitive