End of Black Boy

At the end of Black Boy, Richard Wright realizes what he wants to achieve in his life through writing, even though his hunger did not really go away. He would, “hurl words into the darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all, to keep alive in our hearts a sense of the inexpressibly human.” Richard is saying that he can use his writing as a powerful way to express himself and his beliefs, even if the readers do not resonate with his writing. Richard uses his words to connect with the outside world because all people suffer from hunger in their lives at some point. His main goal is to challenge the world to move forward and make people think.

I agree with Wright’s realization because he found meaning in life that was once never there, and now that he has found it he can share it with the world. He is a thinker and can express his beliefs and help other people learn the same values in life. By showing people where he came from, and how he became successful he can help the reader to realize their own meaning in life.