Explain the events that culminate Richard’s last year of school

School opens and Richard's hunger grows. Out of idleness, he composes a short story called "The Voodoo of Hell's Half-Acre." Although he receives no pay, the story is published in a local black newspaper. When his fellow students read the story, they don't understand Richard's motivation for writing and Richard grows more isolated. His relatives are highly critical, believing the story to be the Devil's work. But Richard's dream of writing continues to grow, despite the educational system in the South and the stifling Jim Crow laws.