Black Boy
black boy
How does hunger affect the narrator physically? Cite evidence from the text.
Why do the narrator and his family lack food?
How does hunger affect the narrator physically? Cite evidence from the text.
Why do the narrator and his family lack food?
Hunger haunts Richard and his family, living in poverty and without much to eat. His father abandons the family, and Richard begins to associate his pangs of hunger with his father's image. His mother takes a job as a cook for white families. There just isn't enough money to buy enough food.