Black Boy Capítulo uno

After reading the first chapter of Black Boy our class was presented with the question asking why Richard was hungry. In this point of the book, Richard’s father has left he and his family. His father was the family’s only source of income; making him the breadwinner. Without him, Richard’s remaining family consisting of his mother, and younger brother, didn’t have any money. And as we all know, without money there is no food. Richard’s mother doesn’t have a job, and can’t provide food for her children. Richard had more or less had food in his presence whenever he needed it before his father left, and now that he is gone there is nothing to eat. So he is really feeling the intensity of hunger. This results in the family becoming entrenched deeper and deeper into poverty. With this poverty and no food to eat, the family goes hungry.