“Black boy,” an autobiography by Richard Wright, is a blunt exposition to the Jim Crow South. The book starts when Wright burns down his family’s house and has to move down south. Adversity follows when Wright’s father abandons the family to be with another woman. Wright and his mother and brother try to survive in poverty. When his mother gets a paralyzing stroke, the family moves to Jackson to live with grandparents. Wright’s new goal is not only to survive but also to leave the south. Because he hated the religious indoctrination and racism he gets enough money to leave the south and to move to Illinois. Wright does not hesitate to show the inequity and racism of the Jim Crow South. His story shows the brutal unspoken apartheid that was not fully resolved till the 1960’s.
Ezra -- This is well done overall. A couple things I think could be clarified:
ReplyDelete1. When you write "exposition to" in the first sentence, I believe you mean blunt exposure??? Is that correct? Or are you referring to the exposition of the plot -- the opening?
2. When you mention religion and racism, try this:
Wright’s new goal is not only to survive but also to leave the south because he hates the religious indoctrination and racism. He gets enough money to leave this region and to move to Illinois.
Just my two cents! Nice ideas thought.
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