Black Boy

The novel Black Boy follows the life of Richard Wright as an autobiography. It follows what is going on the mind of Richard throughout his early years (when he is like four/five) to his twenties. He goes into great detail of things going on in the early twentieth century. When the reader is reading the beginning of the book, it seems a little unrealistic that a four/five year old was aware of all the terrible things happening and how he would know that doing certain things would get in trouble, but do it anyway. I think because he obviously wrote this when he was older that he wrote through the eyes of his current age and how he would think if the things were going on his present time. He writes beautifully and clear, don't get me wrong but, sometimes it is hard to believe that a four year old is very world consicous.