Black Boy

Things seem to be looking even more bleaker for Richard in Black Boy. It has gotten to the point that Richard has basically become dead to all of his family except his mother. This is due in fact to not believing in God or “not being able to feel his presence,” thus making him shunned basically by his family. Because of the poverty that the family live in and also the strict religious backing of the house, the amount of food has always been scarce. Richard tries to find ways to get money, but he is unable to so in accordance that Saturday “must remain holy” by his grandmother, a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Finally, though at the price of becoming completely dead to his grandmother, Richard is able to work on Saturdays. He finds jobs here and there, taking whatever is available. Through these odd jobs, he finds out how the world perceives blacks truly. He also develops over time the desire to read and write stories since his grandmother considered reading non-religious books “the work of the devil.” With this thirst he finally publishes his first work in the local negro newspaper, called The Voodoo
The chronological order the events are unfolding in a way that is making sense. There also, to me, seems to be a sense of buildup to a climax, like in a movie tends to do. One critique, however, is the continued detailed wording of some paragraphs. The wording feels sometimes like it is going into too much detail, which loses my attention at times. It still seems to be an annoyance to have to sift through paragraphs worth of wording just to get to the story. A few details would have been more than enough for a description, but pages of these unimportant details makes me lose interest quick. Though with this detailness paints a very clear picture of the setting as well as leaving very few details in question. I’ve already passed the halfway point of the book, but the excitement level has continued to remain