The Environment In Richard Wright's Black Boy

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Mostly everyone wants to live a successful life, but how can one achieve that? It's not simple to achieve your goals especially when there's several things interfering. There will be obstacles that you need to overcome in order to get where you would like to be in life. One major factor that contributes to your actions is your environment. You may think your environment does not really affect your life, but in reality your environment is one of the most important factors. The environment in which you live shapes up your life, it determines who you become. Many people grow up in a great environment full of good influences, but that's not the case for everyone. There's several children that grow in an environment that has many negative influences especially for children. For instance, in the book Black Boy Richard Wright grew up in an environment full of violence, poverty, and racism. Those traits affected Richard Wright throughout his entire life. Richard Wright had trouble adapting to many things in life, and struggled a lot …show more content…

Parental behavior, socioeconomic status, and environment shapes up the life of an individual. Jay Belsky, a professor of human development thinks that ultimately those who grow up surrounded by harsh circumstances and environments are the ones who later on develop better living conditions/customs due to their experiences. Throughout Richard’s entire life he was treated harshly. For example, the time he was beaten because he burnt the house down. The beating Richard got was so intense that it gave him fevers. That specific moment traveled with him throughout his life. Since Richard didn't have a great childhood, that's what made him want to improve his life and be better. Richard always wanted to do his very best. Starting from writing his very first story that wasn't very good, to writing for the communists, and later publishing many of his own

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