Richard Wright grew up without any support from anyone for anything he attempted to do. He appeared to not care about anyone but himself, for he did what he wanted and did not accept any negativity from anyone, no matter what race they were. He would defend himself against people trying to stop him from doing something, and in his autobiography Black Boy, he showed us what it meant to be a black child growing …showed first 75 words of 1011 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1011 total…those tragic events is what made Black Boy so successful. When he would write stories as a teenager, he was first looked upon as a silly boy for thinking that a black man could ever make it in the arts. Although he was looked down upon by his peers for still trying to make a name for himself, he did not let that ever stop him, and he continued to pursue his career in writing.