Black Boy

Richard Wright grew up in the South where he was neglected and beat by his mother.He was a interesting young boy form the start. He had to cope with constant poverty,mostly because of Richard's father leaving and marrying another woman. Then in his teen years his mother had a stroke and developed paralysis, rendering her useless to provide money. Richard had a curious mind and asked a lot of questions, which gave him a surprising amount of beatings from his mother and whites. This empowered him to He was often beaten by his family whenever he spoke p. He often asked about whites and blacks, but never really got any answers. He learned independent lifestyle through his many experiences, which left him unready to work for whites under the Jim Crow laws. He never wanted to cooperate with the racism of the south. Most people he knew had already succumbed to the common racism. Richard told his friends he wanted to be a writer they couldn't understand it. To them, that just wasn't something African-Americans could ever accomplish.Richard never went along with the expectations of the whites and because of that he couldn't hold a job. He would make a wrong comment, use a wrong tone of voice, show the wrong expression, and there he'd be, back on the streets scrounging for a new job. Richard's ideas of breaking free of the harsh southern racism were parallel to those of the civil rights movements seen later in history.