Throughout the novel “Black Boy”, Wright shows Richard hanging through different literary features. When Richard’s mom asks him to end her suffering, Richard begins contemplating his life and his character. The motif of connecting, with other and groups, expresses Richard’s change of ideals. As Richard matured, he connected and wanted to connect with minorities like himself.
One of the connecting motifs that shows Richard's attempt to connect with white people at his mother’s restaurant. He says that, “Toward evening my mother would take hot dishes into the dining room where the white people were seated, and I would stand as near the dining-room door as possible to get a quick glimpse of the white faces gathered around the loaded table, eating,
One of the connecting motifs that shows Richard's attempt to connect with white people at his mother’s restaurant. He says that, “Toward evening my mother would take hot dishes into the dining room where the white people were seated, and I would stand as near the dining-room door as possible to get a quick glimpse of the white faces gathered around the loaded table, eating,