Right now in class we are reading "Black Boy". This book is about a boy Richard who goes through a lot of struggles with his family. For instance, in the beginning, his family moves to a flat in Memphis where they have absolutely no money what so ever. His father leaves the family leaving his mother with 2 kids to raise by herself. Also, Richard finds himself coming across all kinds of events: becoming an alcoholic at a very young age, he killed a kitten to get back at his father, beat the gang who was mugging him, learned that he absorbs a lot of knowledge, getting beaten all the time, writing the swear words all over the neighborhood's windows with soap, mother having a stroke and ending up moving in with his uncle and many more. He also ends up in an orphanage home, and then moving around everywhere so he has a place to live in and have food to eat because he was always starving.
Throughout the book, all these events tie up to others which are yet to come in this book...what do you think will happen next?
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