Black Boy
Journey of Richard Wright
Intro
The story of Richard Wright tells his story in series of events of a young boy you has not had much of a childhood besides trouble and yet the pressure of his family and society in the era of civil rights.
Poverty
This picture describes the struggle that Richard experienced living in different and poor households while his mother was ill, trying to find ways to make money through different jobs. this also relates to the struggle of manyu african Americans faced getting jobs through their situations because of segregation.
Segregation
Specific rooms meant for a certain races discriminates and discourages either the black race for having equal supplies or privlages as though as the white race . Black boy can relate to this this picture as Richard was unable to enjoy visits to the libary because it was stated " Whites Only" . Then after taking a chance to use a white boy libary card to check out books.
Discrimination
Police giving unfair treatment given onto protesters possibly standing innocent as a bystander . Black Boy relates to this as Richards mother sends him to the market after getting attacked by a gang of boys but as Richard continued to go back to his mother after he was attacked she continued to send him back out where he kept getting attacked by the same boys until he defended himself
The Beginning
This picture defines of starting a new journey as for blacks fought for freedom and civil equality . Black Boy relates to this struggle as he remembered starting from strach after he accidentally burned down his house and moving into a different state with a new enviorment and new challenges.
Pain
In Black Boy, Richard lived through difficult times by going through verbal and physical abuse at a young age such as his parents repeatidly calling him a fool and having a near death experience prior. This image also realates to those in the civil rights era who have experinced harsher names and being beaten brutaly just for being African American trying to have rights for their own , even having deaths of those who took greater lengths to spread to freedom but was sadly stopped but the hatred of others .
Success
Through many troubling times for those who did fight for equality , turned for the better in fighting for equality and integration to privleges that were deprived from them , they did not want to it for that current era but for many generations to come. Richard used his troubling times and turned his stories to influence and inform others yet encouraging his to do better than earlier in his life giving a perspective that though you are pushed down there is hope.