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   In Richard Wright's "The Man Who Was Almost A Man", David does (not surprisingly) confess everything to his father when he begins to violently shake him and demand the truth.  He tells him that he bought the gun from Mr. Joe.  When his father demands to know where he got the money, he tells him that his mother gave it to him.  David does, however, fail to explain that the money was his own and that his mother kept for it him because he was not responsible enough to keep it for himself.  He does tell his father a lie, however, when he tells him that he threw the gun in the river.  It is interesting to note that while he was willing to confess most things, he would not confess that he still had the gun.

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   Posted by dalepowell1962 on Friday May 29, 2009 at 8:21 PM