Characters and Themes in Richard Wrights Black Boy Essays -- Wright B

Characters and Themes in dusky boy   The novel, Black male child is Richard Wrights autobiographical account of his life beginning with his early memories and ending with his departure for the North at age nineteen. In Black Boy, Wright tells of an unsettled family life that takes him from Natchez, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee,  top to Jackson, Mississippi, then to Arkansas, back again to Mississippi, and finally to Memphis once more, where he prepares for his eventual migration to moolah.             Most critics agree that Black Boy is a highly selective account, more selective than the term enrol in its subtitle suggests. At the time Wright wrote Black Boy, he was already an accomplished author of fiction. He had published a collection of lilliputian stories called Uncle Toms Children and the highly successful novel Native Son.   Wright chose carefully the experiences he i ncludes in Black Boy, the ones he highlights, and the tone in which he writes near them. umpteen readers even think that he invents some of the incidents. Most  agree, however, that Wright crafts his autobiography for the fine impact he wants.             Of course, the central character of Black Boy is preteen Richard Wright. To distinguish between this young character and the author looking back on him many years later and even occasionally inventing  incidents about him, this guide follows the standard practice of  referring to the former as Richard and the latter as Wright.   Wright presents Richard&... ...ight had originally wanted the book to describe his life in               Chicago as well, but his publisher decided only to accept the gray      portion. As a result, the book becomes in part a n indictment of the         south-central and of its oppressiveness toward blacks.