Ellis wrote an essay titled “Boys in the Hood: Black Male Community in Richard Wright’s Native Son” and states “For Bigger and his friends (Gus, G. H., and Jack), Chicago’s Black Belt afforded virtually no opportunities to gain access to industrial jobs or vocational training programs” (Ellis). What Ellis is saying is that even if Bigger wanted to take the chance to become a pilot the neighborhood he lived in did not give him the opportunity. Basically, Ellis is saying that the neighborhood that Bigger lives in leaves him and his friends on their own to find their own jobs and these jobs are jobs that do not require
Ellis wrote an essay titled “Boys in the Hood: Black Male Community in Richard Wright’s Native Son” and states “For Bigger and his friends (Gus, G. H., and Jack), Chicago’s Black Belt afforded virtually no opportunities to gain access to industrial jobs or vocational training programs” (Ellis). What Ellis is saying is that even if Bigger wanted to take the chance to become a pilot the neighborhood he lived in did not give him the opportunity. Basically, Ellis is saying that the neighborhood that Bigger lives in leaves him and his friends on their own to find their own jobs and these jobs are jobs that do not require