... he sleeps with a knife under his bed for a week, because of the threats by his own family that they were thinking about killing him. Richard projects this hatred that he has towards his family at the white people that he has heard so much about doing bad things to blacks. The first bad encounter ... his is moved from school to school were he learns to defend himself and gain respect from the children in school. The book has a big emphasis on Richard being hungry all the time. This leads us the reader through job after job that Richard goes through to get money. Every job that he ... as ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School