Richard Wright: Writing and Reading

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Here Wright relates experiences from two different times in his life (first, when he was fifteen and had a story published; then, when he was nineteen and began to read in earnest). Trace the parallels between these two events in terms of Wright’s own feelings and the responses of others.

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Compare Wright’s experiences in the 1920s with those Frederick Douglass relates in “Learning to Read and Write” (page 259). Take into account what had and hadn’t changed since the days of slavery.

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Recall some of your own most vivid experiences as a reader and/or as a writer. Keep in mind that these experiences need not necessarily be positive.

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