Wright felt a satisfaction that he had never felt before. He felt the success of having his thoughts down on paper and didn’t care how bad it was because it was his own work. Wright liked the, “look of astonishment and bewilderment on the young woman’s face…her inability to grasp what I had done or was trying to do somehow gratified me” (121). Richard certainly enjoyed the attention that he got after impressing someone with his work. He also never got that kind of attention in his own home, because his family rarely approved of him writing fiction. It is this sense of isolation and independence that, in the end, drives Richard toward writing. In chapter four, it is still obvious that Richard is young and naïve, and doesn’t quite realize the power that words have. Instead, his writing brings him satisfaction only because his words confuse others. This is really the start of Richard Wright’s inspiration to write.
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