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A 7 page essay that examines Ernest Hemingway's short story "Indian Camp," Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl," and Richard Wright's Black Boy. The writer summarizes and discusses each narrative, looking for the one that best models the most successful family relationships. No additional sources cited.
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their family. It is the role of families to bring up the younger generation and indoctrinate them into the culture in which they will live. This process has been dramatized
many times in literature, also showing the conflict and tensions that are inevitably a part of this societal dynamic. The following examination of these three works will summarize and
discuss each narrative, looking for the one that best models the most successful family relationships. Richard Wrights stirring autobiography Black Boy recounts what it was like for Wright
to grow up black under the burden of rampant racial bigotry that prevailed in the South in the first half of the twentieth century. The student researching this topic should
note that Wrights biography is not divided into chapters, so the writer/tutor selected a portion of the text that seemed applicable to this title. Growing up poor, Wrights family was
consistently plagued with the needs of survival, in particular having enough to eat. This is the primary source of tension in the family, however, from Wrights point of view, the
tension in the family is exacerbated because, even as a child, Wright was an independent thinker who questioned the status quo. Also, he was extremely intelligent, so observing and making
judgements about his surroundings came as naturally as breathing, yet he was raised with a cultural model that stressed that children should respect their elders, i.e. the old clich?
that "children should be seen and not heard." Wrights household was also very religious, however, rather than being comfort, his grandmothers strict religious faith was more often a bone
of contention. For instance, it first occurred to Wright to get a job when he was in the sixth grade. The majority of his schoolmates worked morning, evenings, and Saturdays
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