Black Boy by Richard Wright (essay on Richar's motivations)

The nurturing of an individual, whether it be simple and calm or harsh and demanding, shapes that individual's future. If a person's earlier years are full of trials, they can grow into strong upright people, or they can shrink into bad people, full of hatred and anxiety. One such man, Richard Wright, as narrated in his autobiography Black Boy: An American Hunger, lived a terrible childhood, but it was those experiences he gained and those …

…Richard knew that his voice was important. The hunger and pain of his youth molded the young black boy that was Richard Wright into the man that later wrote the American classic Black Boy: An American Hunger. In his life, Richard learned the value of life, the importance of persistence, and that his own thoughts could mean something. A journey from innocence to experience, Black Boy teaches that out of difficult times, good things grow.