Richard Wright's In The Right To The Streets Of Memphis

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Innocent people all over the world need to be free from the brutality of government power. Some people spend their entire life on other’s decisions so at some point they need to experience freedom (living life on own terms ). Right to the streets of memphis, Night, Paris attack shows that it is better to have freedom so that people can govern their own lives.

An individual always learn when they face situations alone. In the Rights to the Streets of Memphis by Richard Wright, faced similar situation and learned to be responsible. His dad left them alone so they had to face shortage of food. Richard had to grow up earlier than other people and take some decisions by himself. Once on the way to store, he got jumped. After that he had to decide

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