Mclaurin Vs Richard Wright

The two boys came from different social classes, while they were growing up leading to different living conditions. The white American child whose name is Melton A. McLaurin came from a well regarded family in the town of wade. This was very different from the African American whose name is Richard Wright, who also grew up in the south alike McLaurin, but not as fortunate because his family did not have a modest living in comparison. While growing up McLaurin lived in a town that was deeply segregated, the white communities lived apart from the african american communities. The whites lived on top of the town while the african americans lived in the bottom of town. Even though this was the case McLaurin grew up with African americans working …show more content…
Wright early on had his father leaving his family, making his mother a single mother. His mother became to ill to work and with the little income that Wright obtain, it became difficult to pay the month 's rents. He states again paying the rent became a problem and we moved nearer the center of town, there he found a job in a pressing shop(Wright,84). This was a continuing struggle that wright had to endure as wright continue to move from place to place, as well changing jobs often. This made Wright gain more insight of what the United States was all about, because he was jumping from place to place forcing him to get acquainted with his new environment each time. McLauring in the other hand was very fortunate, his grandfather whose name was John C. Brain established his family in the wade community. He states that his grandfather during the 1920’s established a business which flourished , build his own home, a substantial white frame bungalow, on a lot beside the house of his father in law(McLaurin,16). This here shows that the stability of McLaurin was secure due to his grandfather. His father has no interest in his grandfather 's business, but his grandfather refused to sell it. He states that as his grandfather aged and his mother obtain major responsibilities in the store, but as soon as he was of age he would replace her(McLaurin, 22). This soon happened when he …show more content…
During segregation the African American Community endeavor harsh mistreatment from Whites. This was also the case for Wright as he continue to be mistreated not only by the white community, but sometimes by his own family. During the times of segregation African Americans were not seeing as intellectual and why would they?, when white’s presumed to know everything that was correct. Wright at an early age of his life had curiosity and began to read books. His grandmother prohibited him from reading fiction book as she thought of them going against her religious beliefs. African American at the time were not allowed to check out books from libraries so wright asked one of his coworkers if he could use his library card. When Wright gets one of the books says “ I concluded the book with the conviction that I had somehow overlooked something terribly important in life. I had once tried to write, had once reveled in feeling, had let my crude imagination roam, but the impulse to dream had been slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways for looking and seeing.” here we can see how the mistreatment of society and Wright 's family had an influence him to stop seeking knowledge for himself. Wright begins to hunger for knowledge and begins to question once again the structure of society. His