![]() ![]() It is also here that Richard becomes alienated from God and the Christian faith, developing in its place an abiding love of the natural world.Īs Richard grows up, he begins to see how easily he might repeat the patterns that have trapped black men for generations. In Memphis, Richard learns about racism both from what he observes in the world and how his family members humiliate themselves in front of whites. The family then moves to Memphis, Tennessee, where Richard's father eventually deserts the family. ![]() He recovers, and the brutal punishment establishes in Richard an ability to survive any circumstance. The story begins when four-year-old Richard sets fire to his grandmother's house in Jackson, Mississippi, and, as punishment, is nearly beaten to death by his mother. By the story's end, as Richard comes of age, the voice of the narrator and of the nineteen-year-old young man he has become merge into one. Yet, because the narrative is told with such force and honesty, the reliability of Richard's memories is not questioned. Although Richard, as the narrator, maintains an adult voice throughout the story, each chapter is told from the perspective and knowledge that a child might possess. In each chapter, Richard relates painful and confusing memories that lead to a better understanding of the man a black, Southern, American writer who eventually emerges. Black Boy, an autobiography of Richard Wright's early life, examines Richard's tortured years in the Jim Crow South from 1912 to 1927. ![]()
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