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Summary: Passe Communist propaganda.
Review: If not ever-so politically correct, this dreadfully turgid piece of agitprop would be deservedly forgotten. Surprisingly condescending one dimensional characterization of its black victim: Anna Sewall's Black Beauty is portrayed as more of a person than is Wright's Bigger Thomas. Read INVISIBLE MAN, not this crap.
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Summary: This book is one that you don't like to read, but want to
Review: Black Boy Black Boy by Richard Wright is a book that really brings out the conflicts between blacks and whites in the South. Wright shows these conflicts through the eyes of his youth. Richard Wright's plot, storytelling pace, setting and dialogue, writing style and tone, and the ending both appeal and don't appeal to me. I personally don't like the plot because Wright emphasizes a young boy's struggle with white people. For example, Wright goes from job to job where he faces problems of racism. At each job he has to obey his bosses. In one instance, his white boss made him even fight with a fellow black man for show. The plot just keeps going on about his numerous jobs and how gets in trouble with the white folk. Therefore, I don't particularly care for the plot. The storytelling pace is too slow and harsh for me. In every chapter he has a new job or he is moving. Wright even quotes, "My days in my life are just dripping by." This quote really sets the pace of the entire book. For this reason, I don't like slow-moving books. Setting and atmosphere were two things that kept me interested. I liked the fact that there were many interesting places that shaped the story. The atmosphere was very tense, which I really focused on and liked. All over the state of Mississippi the story shows many difficult racial situations. These situations really keep me wanting to read. The characters and dialogue are beautifully written, too. Wright's description of people catch my attention like a fly to sweet-smelling trash. For instance, Wright describes his "Granny" as "old, white, wrinkled, grim face, framed by a halo of tumbling black hair". "Granny" acts like a religious slave-beater because she always talking about church, but will beat the life out of Richard. Richard Wright also is described as a skinny out-going kid. He also is somewhat rude. The dialogue is also very stimulating. He uses words like "sun-filled" streets and curse words that bring out the story's dialogue. The characters and dialogue demonstrated Wright's writing ability. Wright's writing style and tone is 20th century slang. The tone is also harsh and understandable. The tone is harsh because one of Richard's bosses quotes "I would kill myself if I was a nigger." This keeps the book true so I like this writing style and tone. Finally, the story resolution is one that fits the story. In the end Richard goes off and becomes a writer, which is another happy ending to a book, and who doesn't like happy endings? Although I didn't like what was happening in the book, I liked the truth and persistence of Richard in his life.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ!!!! !!!!!
Review: "Black Boy" is a narrative that was superbly written. I read the book as part of my humanities grade. When I saw the book it caught my eye but I wasn't really interested in reading it. Once I started reading no one could pry my eyes away from the book. I found myself taking it EVERYWHERE I went. This book was brilliantly written and I would read it all over again. The person who had negative things to say about the book obviously has a problem with themselves.
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Summary: ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡OH MY G-D THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!!!!!!
Review: This was an exciting book which hooks you until the end. Even after you are finished with it you will either want to read it again or read all the footnotes on it. It is about a "black boys" life in a racist world. The boys dream is to move to the land with equal opportunities. There are some false language in the book but I though that the book was great. This book will make you want to read it and when you do it might even increase your reading ability. It did for me. Whatever you do, you have to read this book. If I could put more stars I definately would.
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Summary: Wright detialed an image of a black family in the south
Review: I'm a sophomore in high school, and in choosing the novel Black Boy as one to research for my American Literture class, I found it to be a concise and well-written peice that displayed Wright's perception of growing up as a black boy in the south. Wright captured each moment from when he was four up to being nineteen, and the way he percieved each event and then interpreted it in his writing really enthralled me. His writing contained detailed experiences that were told from his stand point then and knowing what he knew then. Wright's emotions and opinions are scattered all throughout the book and have influenced and changed my beliefs of the early 19th century.
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Summary: very powerful
Review: the was part of college class of non-fiction. I had never heard of it until then. I started reading it and finished all in one day. I was unable to put it down. It makes you appericate what you have. If one thinks they have it rough now then they should read this book. One had heard of some things that went on in the South during the 20's but never realized that they were that bad. Racial prejudice was terriable then and is still pretty bad in some the rural areas of the South. I would recomend this to any one. This book is a must to everyone.
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Summary: Open mindedness and knoweledge
Review: I think that the reader from Lemont has some serious thing to consider. Obviously he/she has some large problems with racial issues. Moving on, I think that this book was very interresting and shows the hardships that blacks had to live with. We may think that our lives now are very difficult, but how would you like to go for days without eating? Most os us can't imagine it. Wright did a great job with this book and I strongly recomend it to anyone who has an open mind and would like to read a very intriguing book.
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Summary: An American Classic, a real look into the life of a black.
Review: I read the book BlACK BOY in my freshman english class. I at first did not want to read it, but as I was forced I often found myself reading ti on my own time. I t gave me a real sense of the hardships of the lives of blacks in the South, I can now see how wrong and horrible whits were to blacks. I reccomend this book to anyone who reads.
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Summary: Fantastic book
Review: i have just finished reading this book and i loved it..it was very powerful and truthful. I am glad that there is a book which truthfully says what occured in the south in the begining out this centruy i recommend this book to anyone over 14 years of age and who is comterable with improper language
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Summary: This book is really quite interesting.
Review: When I started reading this book for an English class I hated it. It was boring, it was dull, and I didn't like the authors style. Now if you asked me what I thought of the book I'd tell you I love it. Wright has a unique, almost poetic style, which at firsst seeems awkward, but once you get used to it it's very enjoyable. The story is incredible, especially being from New Hampshire in the 90's. To think that this is actually the story of some one's life is... wow. So if you start reading this book and you don't like it, stick with it, I think you'll be glad you did when you get to the end.
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