Реферат: Black Boy Book Report Essay Research Paper

pattern of expected behavior attached to a particular status. Wright had several Role & Statuses

growing up, as a child he was expected to be obedient and respectful of his family. As a black

adult he was expected to become a worker for a white family or boss and be nothing more than

janitor. He was not expected to be able to read and write so well it got him in trouble. Wright

experienced a lot of trouble in his life because he did not always fit in to the role and status he was

expected to. (P. 421)

i. Deviancy. The recognized violation of cultural norms. Richard Wright shows deviance almost in

his entire life. From his fighting back against the excessive beatings he received from his aunts(P.

126). To his aspirations of an education and a better life(P. 390).

j. Primary Group. A small social group in which relationships are both personal and enduring.

Richard Wrights primary group consisted only of his Mother, Brother, and Aunt Maggie.

k. Secondary Group. A large and impersonal social group based on a specific interest or activity.

Wrights secondary groups would consist of his job at the post office, his membership to the

communist party.

l. Significant Other. Is the person that someone would like to emulate. Wright through out his life

did not want to emulate anyone in his race and whites. Wright wanted to emulate writers because

of there skills and what they provided to their readers. He wanted to give readers meaningful

things to read that would effect their lives.

III. Methodology

Black Boy is an autobiography of Richard Wright. Although this is autobiography Richard Wright

tells it like a novel, and is in Participant Observer method. Although in a true participant observer

the person voluntarily puts himself in the group he is studying. Wright was born into the situation

he is in. When he writes this Wright offers insight to what is going on in his mind and also a

retrospect of what he feels when he was writing Black Boy almost 20 years after. He does this as

almost an omnipotent narrator.

IV. Opinion

I would highly recommend this book to people. It is a well written book that reads fast and is very

entertaining. I think it should be required reading for everyone in college. It offers a view that

most white people don’t understand. It would give them a new insight on race relations and look