Hungry for Attention

Throughout Black Boy, Richard is getting into trouble often. He does stupid things such as lighting the curtains on fire which ended up burining down the house. He is also describes having this hunger. I think it is a hunger for attention. He is doing all of these things to get attention from someone. His family does not watch him all the time and he wants to be noticed. He has this need to noticed and wants people to pay attention to him. He needs people to see him. By doing stupid acts, he knows he will get reprimanded, but he gets noticed by it. It is the only way for him to be seen by his family and anyone else. Richard is kind of a attention hog. He needs to be noticed and says he has hunger for it. He is attention hungry and does things so that he can be noticed by someone.