In Richard Wright's novel, Black Boy, Richard is struggling to survive in a racist environment in the South. In his youth, Richard is vaguely aware of the differences between blacks and whites. He scarcely notices if a person is black or white, and views all people equally. ... The black community reacts to his rebellion disapprovingly, and Richard suffers intense isolation and loneliness during the early years of his life, feeling that he does not fit in or belong with his family or the black community. ... A rebellious act of one black not only put his or her life in danger, but also hi...

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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Black Man In Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Black Man the author James Weldon Johnson tells the story of a black man passing as a white man. That is the major theme in this novel; "passing" in the early 1900's in order to escape the horrors of racism towards the black race to succeed in white America. The crisis throughout the novel centers on the ex-colored man discovering his identity, and this uncertainty is the central idea of the novel. ... His millionaire friend gives him a choice by saying, "My boy, you are by blood, by appearance, by educatio...

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• Grade Level: High School

Bigger Thomas is a character from the novel, "Native Son", by Richard Wright, which deals with a young man dealing with racism through out his life. ... He grew up in a ghetto called, "Black Belt", he was just a young black man trying to make ends meat. ... "Black Boy" a novel also written by Richard Wright is another novel which, a young black man has to deal with racism throughout his life. The novel begins when Richard is four years old living with his younger brother, his parents, and his grand mother in Natchez, Mississippi. ... This relates to criticism of the black community for al...

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• Grade Level: High School

During the first years of his life, the narrator was never treated as a black boy and never suffered prejudice. ... Therefore, the Ex-Colored Man would hardly be treated as a black boy, if it were not for him and for people around him being told that he is not white. ... This with the situation of black people contributes to the narrator's decision of establishing his identity as a colored person with honor and dignity, before choosing, later on the novel, to pass for white. Therefore, throughout the novel, he goes from the impersonation of a white identity, moving to the black one, a...

• Word Count: 977
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The plot of this novel is generally about a boy and the hardships he goes through in the course of his life. ... We see that the blacks develop hatred towards the whites, and this is one of the most intense events of the novel. ... This is because the blacks are tortured immensely; this is seen through the family of Njoroge who is the protagonist of the novel. ... This event is a turning point in the novel because blacks were turning against blacks; this makes the novel a page-turner instead of boring story. ... Conflicts are the basis of this novel because it is about war and politics...

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• Grade Level: High School

He also describes how one language may be comprehensive to us but then be incomprehensible to someone else, just as Richard Wright experienced and depicted in his autobiography Black Boy. ... Wright uses pathos to covey his thoughts on the novels he read such as Sinclair Lewis's Main Street, which caused him to identify himself with the characters and the "whites" that surround him such as his boss Mr. ... The use of language in the novels that Wright read caused him to recognize how he and his family were truly regarded as. ... However after reading novels by such authors as T.S. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Living through the 1960s, black leaders such as Martin Luther King and Macomb X helped to remind people of their black suffering in the 1930s. ... Heard tell they lynched a boy a few days ago at Crossington" "And ain't a thing gonna be done "bout it" said Mr. Lainer" This shows the law didn't protect harmful acts from being done to black people, at the time of the novel. ... would be soul destroying to a young boy. ... Faults we blamed on black people, whether guilty or not. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel "Weep not Child" by Ngugi Wa Thiong"o, the young boy, Njoroge, grows up in the mist of the Mau Mau war and the conflict between the African natives and the British colonial rulers. ... In this novel, Nganga and Mr. ... Njoroge and his family illustrate this in the novel. ... Howlands could make herself cheap enough to go with black men for money? ... In his opinion as stated a white women is above a black male therefore, she must lower herself to him be with him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The problem throughout the novel is a man trying to find his identity which becomes the main theme of the book. ... Unlike most blacks, Johnson was very educated so it was easy for him to adapt to the white culture. ... The most success a black man had back then were those who were porters for the railroad. ... "My boy, you are by blood, by appearance, by education and by tastes, a white man. ... The black community has made it through many obstacles. ...

• Word Count: 781
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School