Hunger And Poverty In Richard Wright's Black Boy

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The food that so many of us take for granted everyday could mean the world to this young boy, Richard. Such a basic need not being met affects him achieving any of his other human needs in life. In Richard Wrights Black Boy, Richards overcomes the obstacles of hunger and poverty in order to become a writer who is able to shares his experiences in life of suppression with others. Knowledge is information and skills acquired through experience or education. It as well is a basic need that we need in life especially in our society, without knowledge we won’t get far. Richards desire for knowledge is the need that most motivates him to seek out a better life for himself. He had fought through hunger and poverty and had motivated himself to acquire such a valuable skill. While Richard…show more content…
Self actualization is being able to develop or achieve one’s full potential and that’s what every one of us wants in life as well as Richard. Transcendence is a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience. Richard is ultimately able to transcend his bleak situation when he realizes the power of language to affect others and initiate social change. Richard had ended up succeeding in school through academics even though he had been put through a hard time. The knowledge he had gained from school and books allowed him to achieve his full potential as a writer which lead to self-actualization. Richard ended up learning about the racism that is everywhere in the south. This had allowed him to open his eyes to the world around him and see how people are. Gaining this knowledge of the world allowed him to obtain transcendence which leads him to a state of being above and beyond the limits of material experience. He had looked at people in a different manner than everyone else had. For whom they truly were and their actions and not their skin

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