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Wright's "Black Boy": An Oppressionist Impression - Online Essays

Wright's "Black Boy": An Oppressionist Impression

“You are dead to me dead to christ!” In the following paragraphs,
violence and oppression in Ch. 5 will discussed and analyzed through
examination of Richard Wright's --author of Black Boy(1945)--use of diction,
tone, and metaphors. Were people of his time to read this book it's
probable that would understand, wheather they agree with the author's point
of view or not, the amount of violence and oppression witnessed by a boy
his age. Richard Wright, through the the use of the words his senses
produced, brought his past into light for the children of the future. He
allows his readers to feel as he did under the light of strong persecution
with the use of an intimidating, heartfelt tone.

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and fear, Wright converses with the reader as though he were a youth
leader telling a story to a group of boyscouts outside by a campfire. His
spellbounding words chant the reader into his world and produce a map
through which the reader follows his life in the shadows of others. “ I
mingled with the boys, hoping to pass unnoticed , but knowing that sooner
or later I would be spotted for a newcomer. And trouble came quickly- a
bloabk boy came bounding past me, thumping my hat to the ground and
yelling.” To keep his audience from dazily drifting into a state of semi-
consiousness, Wright interjects into his prayer with action in an excited
and staggering tone.

“A blow landed on the back of my head. I turned and saw a brick
rolling away and I felt blood oozing down my back. I looked around
and saw several brickbats scattered about. I scooped up and handful.

The two boys backed away. I took aim as they circled me ; I made a
motion as if to ...

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Added: 3/29/2005 06:59:37 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 883
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