The external and internal conflicts are very evident in Wright's story Black boy. ... On the boy's first trip to the supermarket, he came across an angry mob of boys. ... The gang is in the way of the boy getting the groceries, and boy would have never had the problem of being hungry had his father not left. Overall, the boy's conflicts revolve around his father. Even though the father is not there, the boy grows stronger in the end because of it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"I declare unabashedly that I like and even cherish the state of abandonment... it seems the natural, inevitable condition of man, and I welcome it...". This statement means that he liked being alone. As a child he had to deal with abandonment from his father and having to leave his home and live with his aunt and uncle. He is probably used to being alone when he was a child. When he was young the adults in his life did not pay attention to him. ...

• Word Count: 183
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• Grade Level: High School