Black Boy Essay

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“I declare unabashedly that I like and even cherish the state of abandonment... it seems the natural, inevitable condition of man, and I welcome it...”. This statement means that he liked being alone. As a child he had to deal with abandonment from his father and having to leave his home and live with his aunt and uncle.
He is probably used to being alone when he was a child. When he was young the adults in his life did not pay attention to him. So, he is used to having no one take care of him.
Richard does not think there is anything wrong with abandonment, which is why he welcomes it and he thinks it is natural for a man. Even when he joins the communist group he left because the other members did not approve of him reading books that are not communist.
I have discussed why I feel that Richard cherishes the state of abandonment and how his life when he was a child has effected how he feels about abandonment....