Action to Move

Wright’s decision to move was a positive one because it was the start of what Richard hoped was a new life, and one that did not have the oppressing views of the South. For almost all of his life Wright has dreamed of moving to the North where they will accept African Americans relatively better than the South, and allow him to pursue his love for reading and writing.

When Richard lived in Memphis he was constantly trying to make a better life for himself and not settle on anything like many of his African American peers had done. Richard realized the Chicago was not going to be free of discrimination, but was better than Memphis and where he had grown up in the Deep South. Richard doesn’t really know what to expect, but is moving with the assumption that he can make a better life for himself. He realizes that if he stays in Memphis his life won’t get any better and he would become stuck like his friend Shorty. The only downside to Wright’s moving was that he once again had to leave behind the people that he truly cared for and loved.