Richard Wright
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Throughout history, many talented authors writings have reflected the
time period in which they lived in. Often the overall tone, and attitude
of the novel is due to factors, that they have been born with, such as the
environment they grew up in, who raised them, or moral ethics were
instilled int ....
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.... whom he had to turn for jobs and
he was resentful of the Jim Crow rules by which he had to live. In Black
Boy, Wright's autobiography, he recalls a familiar childhood event: "I
would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting my empty guts until they ached.
I would grow dizzy and my vision would dim."
In Black Boy, Wright used his own life to exemplify what qualities of
imagination and intellect are necessary of a southern African-American in
order to understand the meaning of his life in th ....
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