| Black Boy(After viewing the documentary) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Richard Wrught was born in 1909,he spent his formitive years in Jackson Missippi.Some Images of a southern urban community that emerge from Black Boy are of hard working African-Americans,who's struggle during the 1900's to help their families survive.The white people said discriminating things,such as racis remarks to the African-Americans.This novel also tells about the vivid and painful detail Wright's southern education from the age of 4 to adulthood.This autobiography also showed the cultivated hell the United States was for,for black Americans betweer 1900 and 1945.This novel also shows a graphic portrate of an abused male as a young man.Black Boy shows how our lives are shaped by laws and by customs,and it also shows the changes that have been made since then. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question # 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(Richard Wright being interviewed for a job,before and after school,and all day on staurday) WOMAN:"Do you want this job?" RICHARD:"Yes ,ma'am" WOMAN:"Now boy,I want to ask you one question,and I want you to tell me the truth" RICHARD:"Yes ,ma'am" WOMAN:"Do you steal?" RICHARD:(burst out Laughing) WOMAN:"What's so damn funny about that?" RICHARD:"Lady,if I was a theif,I'd never tell anybody" WOMAN:"What do you mean?"(Furiusly) RICHARD:(hanging his head)..."No,ma'am,I don't steal." WOMAN:(stares at Richard)"Now,look,we don't want a sassy nigger around here" RICHARD:"No,ma'am.I'm not sassy" RICHARD:"I'll come tomorrow ,at 6 am" WOMAN:"Thank you" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (The next morning:After chopping wood,washing the front porch,and doing other chores) RICHARD:(returning from the market) WOMAN:"Your breakfast in the kitchen" RICHARD:"Thank you,ma'am"(There was black molasses and a hunk of white bread on the table) WOMAN:(left the room) RICHARD:"Would I get more than this?"(Thinking aloud)(Picks up the bread,it was stail and hard) RICHARD:"Well at least I can drink the molasses"(lifts the plate to his lips)"I can't eat this!The food is'nt even clean" WOMAN:(walks back in the room)"You did'nt eat" RICHARD:"No,ma'am.I'm not hungry" WOMAN:"You'll eat at home?" RICHARD:"Well I just was'nt hungry this morning,ma'am" WOMAN:"You don't like molasses and bread?" RICHARD:"Oh,yes ,ma'am I do." WOMAN:"I don't know what's happening to you niggers nowadays.It's a sin to throw out molasses like that.I'll put it up for you this evening" RICHARD:"Yes,ma'am" (This shows how African-American's were treated during the early 1900's) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question's #6 and #8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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#6 | growing up in the south during Richard Wright's time,was most definetly worse than today.Reasons being ,in the early 1900's;There was the Industrial Revolution.Also African_Americans began to seek employment in industries.The movement to southern cities increased remarkibly,and urbanization of the African Americans in the south gave rise to new problems in interracial relations.Therewas lot's of discrimination towards the African-Americans and therefore struggles for equality appaered to many to be unrealistic.One of the biggest problems they faced were with the KKK,they tortured the African Americans.Also during this time there was seguration,and many black Americans were not allowed where whites were. Question #8 REASONS WRIGHT JOINED THE COMMUNIST PARTY: 1.he felt alone,like he did'nt belong. 2.They promised they would publish some of his writing. 3.He was bored with his life;He needed something more to do. 4.he needed friends who liked to do the same things he did. 5.He needed freinds who respected his work and crtized it for the better. 6.He needed to be in charge 7.He needed to feel important
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