Black Boy From the early days of Richard’s childhood, Richard was always alienated from his environment. Even though he tried to distance himself from the prejudice all around him, the white people still tried to turn him into the stereotypical southern black person. However, throughout the story Richard is also alienated by his own people and perhaps even more then from the white people. Richard was always a rebel, from his boyhood to his …showed first 75 words of 537 total…

…showed last 75 words of 537 total…a way out of his situation. He asks himself why white people are out to destroy him, why does he have fear of whites, why can’t he just leave? Richard asks himself these questions even though he knows that there “are no answers” to hopeless questions. Richard tries to distance himself from his environment because there are no answers in his present situation, and he won’t find those answer until later in life.