The book Black Boy?

Question

Richard finds oppression in every aspect of his life: his home and his soicety. How does his trip north symbolize his escape from these kinds of oppressions?

Answer 1

This sure sounds like a homework question. I'll ask you a couple of questions instead of answering yours.

What kinds of oppression did Richard experience in the South? Think about the terrible things Richard describes around him in Mississippi that you wouldn't want a little kid in your own family to be exposed to. Do you think rich white Southerners exposed their kids to those things? Why did young Richard have to live around those things?

Think about the people he knew. How did Pease and Reynolds keep him down? How did his principal and school try to keep him down? And what about his aunt and grandmother? They meant well, but didn't they hold him back from being himself?

When Richard gets on that train to Chicago, he hopes he is escaping all of that. He is fleeing that terrible world where he was oppressed and where people like him are crushed into disgusting monsters like Shorty. You might be interested to know that after he arrives in the North, he discovers more oppression and discrimination, just in a different form.

I hope that was helpful. Black Boy is a terrific book.

Answer 2

Have you actually read the book? If not and you want someone to do your homework, READ THE BOOK. Richard Wright is considered by to be one of the premier American writers of the 20th century. Trust me, the book is brilliant, as is Native Son.

He left the South because of the Jim Crow laws that were in effect at that time (if you don't know what the Jim Crow laws are, google - there are tons of pages detailing the laws and their effects on the black South in the 1900s). How would you feel if complete strangers forced you to do their bidding on your free time? Somebody you happen to work with (but don't know) comes up to your lunch hour and tells you to pick up their laundry and some lunch for them. You don't work for this person. Guess what, it doesn't matter at the time if you were black and the person who asked was white. The Jim Crow laws basically were slavery laws all over again, but the people weren't technically "owned".

If you've read the book and you need some assistance, I'll be happy to help. Post additional info. You want me to write your essay for you, you're on your own. Somehow I think your teacher would know the difference between your writing and a 36 year old research librarian who did her senior thesis on Richard Wright and his impact on American literature.

Answer 3

He replaced into dealt with harshly as a results of fact starting to be up as a black baby his mum and dad knew he could be confronted with many problems in life and he had to examine a thank you to stand them head on and be reliable interior the combat. This additionally provides a concept of why he known because it black boy.

Answer 4

when he goes north he sees how the "uppitty" people live and he knows that there is a better way of living. If you go back to his thoughts about the convient store robbery and compare them to his thoughts after he goes north it might help you .

Answer 5

Give it up and do your homework yourself!