Essay About Richard Wright And White Society

Black Boy Written by Richard Wright
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I read the autobiography, Black Boy. It was written by Richard Wright. Further
information about the author will be in the following paragraphs. The publication date of
this book was 1945. The autobiography I read didnt give enough information about the
birth and death dates of my author. He was born on September 4, 1908 and died on
November 28, 1960. Some places associated with the author are Jackson, Mississippi,
Memphis Tennessee, and Elaine, Arkansas. The early goals of the author is basically trying
to survive and getting enough to eat. After his father left him and his mother, the two of
them (Richard and his mother), moved to Memphis and lived on a weekly salary of five
dollars, barely enough for food.
One of Richards most notable achievements was earning a salary of twelve dollars
a week working at a cafe, the highest he was ever paid throughout the novel. Richards
family and friends didnt have much influence on him. If they did, it was negative
influence. For example, when Richard wanted to read and write stories, his religious
grandmother called it the Devils work and forbade it. His mother and his brother were the
closest things that encouraged him. Religion also didnt have an influence on Richard since
he didnt believe in God. The white society had a negative influence on him. For example,
a white woman he was working for menacingly said that Richard would never be a writer
like he wanted to because he was a Negro.
Richard Wright didnt really have any contributions to society except his stories
and novels. One of his stories that was published in a local Negro newspaper in Jackson
Mississippi was “The Voodoo