Black Boy
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20
Themes
All Themes Racism Movement and Dislocation Hunger, Illness, and Suffering Christianity and “Being Saved” Reading and Writing Society and the Individual
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Richard Wright Wright’s mother Wright’s brother Granny Grandpa Aunt Addie Aunt Maggie Uncle Hoskins Uncle Tom Bess Mr. Crane Shorty Harrison Miss Simon Comrade Young
Symbols
All Symbols Books and Novels The “switch”
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Anthropomorphism Dialect Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Paradox Pathos Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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