Injustice In Richard Wright's Black Boy
Black Boy
Taking away another person's rights to freedom and happiness is injustice. Injustice is purposely prohibiting a person from taking the opportunities necessary to live a better life. In his autobiography, Black Boy, Richard Wright describes the injustices he endured throughout his life as a african american. He struggles to achieve his dreams and succeed during a time of black oppression. He is put down by the white people that are intimidated by his eagerness to learn and succeed fearing that he could someday become smarter than them. Wright wins his reader's sympathy through his use of style, personification, and symbolism when describing the discrimination and hardships he faced everyday. He allows us to form our own opinions by laying out all the facts in front of his reader and allowing them to speak for themselves.
Wright's childhood was a very difficult one- his father abandoned his family, leaving his mother to raise Richard and his brother. More often than not, they …show more content…
His refusal to accept a life as a white man's lackey gets him is trouble at home and at work. At home, Granny disapproves of him working and reading books. His rebellious nature causes him to get into clashes with his granny and his aunts and uncles. He is an outcast in the family and even his own cousins are warned not to go near him. He is misunderstood by his family and therefore deemed hopeless by the people that are supposed to love and support him. At work, he has a hard time keeping a job because he doesn't act like the obedient little black boy. He learns the hard way that white people don't appreciate black people that are trying to educate themselves or in anyway act more than a white man's slave. After asking about the training that he was promised at the optical office, his coworkers, Pease and Reynolds, threaten to beat him with a steal pipe if he doesn't
Taking away another person's rights to freedom and happiness is injustice. Injustice is purposely prohibiting a person from taking the opportunities necessary to live a better life. In his autobiography, Black Boy, Richard Wright describes the injustices he endured throughout his life as a african american. He struggles to achieve his dreams and succeed during a time of black oppression. He is put down by the white people that are intimidated by his eagerness to learn and succeed fearing that he could someday become smarter than them. Wright wins his reader's sympathy through his use of style, personification, and symbolism when describing the discrimination and hardships he faced everyday. He allows us to form our own opinions by laying out all the facts in front of his reader and allowing them to speak for themselves.
Wright's childhood was a very difficult one- his father abandoned his family, leaving his mother to raise Richard and his brother. More often than not, they …show more content…
His refusal to accept a life as a white man's lackey gets him is trouble at home and at work. At home, Granny disapproves of him working and reading books. His rebellious nature causes him to get into clashes with his granny and his aunts and uncles. He is an outcast in the family and even his own cousins are warned not to go near him. He is misunderstood by his family and therefore deemed hopeless by the people that are supposed to love and support him. At work, he has a hard time keeping a job because he doesn't act like the obedient little black boy. He learns the hard way that white people don't appreciate black people that are trying to educate themselves or in anyway act more than a white man's slave. After asking about the training that he was promised at the optical office, his coworkers, Pease and Reynolds, threaten to beat him with a steal pipe if he doesn't