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A 4 page essay that examines Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy and the theme of hunger. No additional sources cited.
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was always present as a constant companion throughout his childhood (Wright 14). However, examination of Wrights narrative reveals that Wrights hunger extended to other, more intangible aspects of life as
well, as he relates that he also longed for meaningful engagement with mainstream American society that was not demeaning or derogatory due to the color of his skin. Wrights hunger
for knowledge, literature, and the opportunity for artistic expression are far greater than any longing for food and it is this element that pervades and binds together his story.
For example, Wright relates how Ella, a young schoolteacher who was boarding with his grandmother, opened up a new world to him by describing the books she was reading to
Wright, who was a preschooler at the time (Wright 39). Wherever Wright went in search of a better life and whatever menial job he accepted in order to earn a
living, his mind was always questing, seeking knowledge. For instance, when he was working as janitor at a research institute, he was constantly intrigued by the experiments and wanted to
know if the lab animals were responding to treatment; however, when he dared to ask a timid question, he found that the Jewish scientists were just as skilled at disparaging
a person of color as any white, as he was told "If you know too much, boy, your brains will explode" (Wright 304-305). Wright describes how, throughout his life,
his hunger and desire for respect, which expressed itself in his individualism and insistence that his interaction with society should be on his own terms, served to alienate him not
only from whites, but also from his family and black contemporaries. In either case, the fact that Wright was strong-willed and self-respecting was antithetical to the how blacks were expected
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