In Black Boy Richard is hungry for many things. To Begin with he is hungry for food. Richard lives in a poor family and he has only had enough to eat for an extended period of time twice when he stayed with his aunts and uncles. because of his normally being hungry he does not believe that he will not need food soon the first time he has all the food he wants so he keeps stashes of food first in his clothes and then all over the house. Another problem with this huger is that it makes him week. He is always lacking in food so he can not play as other children do because he is not strong enough and he does not have enough energy. The last bad effect of this hunger for food is that because he is so hungry he does not do well in class because he can not concentrate on the lessons. If he could concentrate on his lessons he would have a better chance to get more food because he could get a better paying job.
Another thing that Richard hungers for is books. Richard is amazed by books. He is more excited to sell the paper that he later finds out is written by Klu Klux Klan sympathizers, because he gets to go home and read it after he is done selling than because he is making money. Another way that we can see that Richard is hungry for books is because he reads the school teacher's books even though he knows his grandma does not want him to. Richard is hungry for both food and the knowledge that he can get from books.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Richard's Hunger
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2 comments:
I love how you started with physical hunger. I also love how you really think through and give examples for the physical hunger. I also love your idea of how he hungers for books. I never thought of that! I love how you say that he is hungry for food and knowlege.
I don't really agree with you that Richard's physical hunger is getting in the way of his playing with other children. He still plays with the other boys, he just notices how they are able to buy lunch at school and he is not. I also don't think it really gets in the way of his learning, since he becomes validictorian. But I liked how you mentioned Richard's hunger for reading books, I din't think of that.
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