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Throughout history, many talented authors writings have reflected the time period in which they lived in. Often the overall tone, and attitude of the novel is due to factors, that they have been born with, such as the environment they grew up in, who raised them, ....

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.... of the Jim Crow rules by which he had to live. In Black Boy, Wright's autobiography, he recalls a familiar childhood event: "I would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting my empty guts until they ached. I would grow dizzy and my vision would dim." In Black Boy, Wright used his own life to exemplify what qualities of imagination and intellect are necessary of a southern African-American in order to understand the meaning of his life in the United States. Black Boy also reveals it's 'author hero' as a man controlled by an absolute certainty of his own virtues. The ethics of living Jim Crow require that Wright be obedient and silent. So al ....