The definition of acceptance is to see a condition a situation or a thing and not trying to change it or remove it. It is the thought of something to be good enough that it doesn’t need to change and that it can do no harm. But when something is not accepted it is seen as wrong and even harmful and dangerous to the ones who can’t accept it which is why they then reject it and push it away. The story Black Boy by Richard Wright is the story of Richard Wright and his struggles through his youth and the problems he faced growing up in the south as a Black boy in the early 1900’s. Although in the story it seems to be about Richard wright's struggle in life it actually is about his fear of never being accepted. The fear of not being accepted
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So much so he is scared for his life scared for the threats his coworkers make out of the hate and rejection of him. These workers see him so differently and can’t accept him that they say they'll kill him just because he’s different because he doesn’t look like them. He isn’t like them and because of this they can’t accept him because if he is not like them he can’t be right.
In the last paragraph in part one of Black Boy it says “ This is the culture from which I sprang. This was the terror from which I fled.” This phrase shows us how Richard is not accepted in the culture he grew up in. How he is not accepted in his so to speak “home”. It tells of how he was rejected and therefore threatened because the people of his home saw him to be different and couldn’t accept that he was not like them. It shows how Richard was scared he couldn't find acceptance because he couldn’t even find it in his own culture.
In the story Black Boy by Richard Wright it tells us about the story of his youth and the struggles and hardships he faces during it. Although the story seems to just be about his struggles the story is actually about how Richard is scared that he’ll never be accepted. He fears this because he has never been accepted in his young life not by his family, work, and even not by his culture making Richard feel like he’ll never truly be accepted in his life
So much so he is scared for his life scared for the threats his coworkers make out of the hate and rejection of him. These workers see him so differently and can’t accept him that they say they'll kill him just because he’s different because he doesn’t look like them. He isn’t like them and because of this they can’t accept him because if he is not like them he can’t be right.
In the last paragraph in part one of Black Boy it says “ This is the culture from which I sprang. This was the terror from which I fled.” This phrase shows us how Richard is not accepted in the culture he grew up in. How he is not accepted in his so to speak “home”. It tells of how he was rejected and therefore threatened because the people of his home saw him to be different and couldn’t accept that he was not like them. It shows how Richard was scared he couldn't find acceptance because he couldn’t even find it in his own culture.
In the story Black Boy by Richard Wright it tells us about the story of his youth and the struggles and hardships he faces during it. Although the story seems to just be about his struggles the story is actually about how Richard is scared that he’ll never be accepted. He fears this because he has never been accepted in his young life not by his family, work, and even not by his culture making Richard feel like he’ll never truly be accepted in his life