Hard Childhoods, By Richard Wright

“It is not easy for those who have had happier childhoods, with little restraint or fear in them, to face up to the truth of this childhood of Richard Wright.” After Richard Wright published his autobiography, a critic said people with easier childhoods could not fathom what a childhood like Wright's would be like. This statement is wrong and unfair. There is no way someone could know exactly what a harsh childhood is like if they did not have one. One can imagine, even if they have never experienced something for themselves.
"There is no possible way a person with a soft childhood could ever understand the way some people grew up." That is not a fair argument. No one who grew up easily, should be expected to know what a person with a rough childhood has gone through. What a person with a soft childhood could do, would be to understand the effects on a person with a bad childhood. The critic's statement is wrong, because it is obvious there is no way for someone to live two …show more content…
The girl she fought with ended up in the hospital. The girl beaten had previously bullied Girl Number One's younger sister. Some people are not raised to fight back in a violent way; others are raised to fight, to resolve conflict. Kids who grew up with lots of siblings and not as much of something else, learned they would have to fight to get what they wanted. Every single day, individuals watch the effects of a childhood with problems. Moreover, a person can have a happy childhood and still be able to face the facts of a childhood like Richard Wright's. There will always be people who argue that having a childhood "with little restraint or fear" means you cannot imagine a childhood like Richard Wright's. People who have different childhoods, good or bad, make the world a diverse place to live. Everything depends on the way someone is raised. Having a happier childhood does not mean those people are blind to the world of unhappy