Life of Richard Wright
The Life of Richard Wright Richard Wright, one of America’s greatest black writers is among those who achieved literary fame and fortune during the twentieth century. ... Wright was subjected to an unpleasant childhood of pain, suffering and of a scarce formal education; however, his desire to become a writer encouraged him to achieve greatness (Williams 4-5). Wright was deprived of a normal childhood. ... In early 1916, Wright’s mother became ill. She placed him and his younger brother Leon in a Methodist orphanage in Memphis for over a month (Wright 29). During Wright’s mother’s illness, he had to work to earn money for the family. ... Many inconsistencies filled Wright’s life. ... Wright attended schools for short periods of time because his family’s nomadic lifestyle. ... The principal prepared a speech to be recited on the night of graduation but Wright refused to recite it. Wright knew that the principal’s speech was better but he was determined to deliver his own. ... On the night of the graduation he nervously delivered his speech, which was titled, “The Attributes of Life”. ... Reading this book produced a desire in Wright to read more like it. ... His readings then became his passion (Wright 236-237). ... In 1931, he published “Superstition”, a short story in Abbott’s Monthly Magazine (Wright, 848). Wright then joined the John Reed Club, a national literary organization sponsored by the Communist Party.