Black Boy Themes

1) Richard was ignored by his mother which caused him to be independent and resent authority figures.

-When Richard was asked to go to the grocery store and is mother gave him a note, he was beat up by kids and was robbed. When he came back his mother told him not to come back until he got the groceries in which he resented his mother for that and was able to fight for himself.

-This connects to ignorance because Richard was ignored and got stronger because of it. 

2) Richard was isolated from the truth which caused him to question and become depressed.

-When Richard was asking about the boat that they would be staying on, his mother told him that it would great and lied about it so he became depressed.