Wright is also hungry for a drastic change in his life because he wants to be more then he is heading for. It is obvious that Wright enjoys learning and is a very intelligent kid but he does not have the ability to attend school on a daily basis and reach his full potential. I think that Wright's hunger comes from his want to change the course of his life and his want to have a figure in his life who truly takes care of him and who has the means to take care of him.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Hunger: Wright
Wright's hunger is an issue that this book discusses many times in the first chapter. Although Wright is literally hunger because his mother can not make enough money to get a lot of food for him and his brother the hunger that Wright is trying to portray is more of a longing. Wright is 'hungry' for a change in his life. Wright wants someone who will take care of him and be kind to him regardless of the things that he does. Wright's father abandoned him and his mother and brother at an early age when they first arrived in Memphis and times became increasingly harder when this happened.
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That's the exact same thing i put down. I'm not so sure it's for education, but for the desire of something new and better. Now that i look back after the discussion i also think it's more of the pains associated with hunger. The constant aches of it always being present to some extent no matter what's going on. You can cause it to subside, but it's always there.
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