Richard Wright Belonging Essay

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Wanting to belong is something everybody want’s where it’s your friends or where you live Richard Wright have a hard time finding that love Richard struggles with the need to belong but ultimately finds his place in society as an artist who is able to unite people through his writing .
As an Adult Richard Wright Love and belongings need was still not met he self actualized by becoming a writer later in life.“He became conscious that I was watching him and he looked away laughing uneasily to cover his concern and dislike”. (255)Mr.Falk to whom I had returned my library card, gave me a quick, secret smile”.(257)
’Chicago seemed an unreal city whose mythical house of slabs of black coal wreathed in palls of gray smoke. Chicago was very different then what he thought when Richard got there he found out it was not what he thought. But he meet some good people along the way but really didn’t know where they were being nice to him because he never knew what that was and still don’t know what it’s like to be loved or being …show more content…

“Granny had already thrown out hints that it was time for me to be on my own”(164). This shows how granny finally want Richard to be out on his own after so many times he tried to leave and she refused. Now that he is a bit older she feel like he is ready to be out on his own so she shows bits and pieces of hints.”I felt that affection shown him by the family was far greater than that which I had ever had from them”(172). This shows how Richard sense some type of emotion from his family which he had never had felt from them. Love for him was never showed that’s why it feel weird or unusual because he really never felt that emotion before. So when he do get love he don't know how to take it he think of it as

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