Black Boy | Characters
Richard is the protagonist of the story— the "black boy." He sees himself as a victim of his surroundings, an existentialist view of limited choice in every circumstance. The only thing he is ever sure of, that which drives him to leave the South and tell his story, is the idea that his conception of the world is unique, and that this makes him different. He is certain of this by the age of twelve when, as he says at the end of Chapter 3, he has a "notion as to what life meant that no education could ever alter, a conviction that the meaning of living came only when one was struggling to...
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