Throughout his mothers illness Richard Wright struggles to find food yet physical hunger isn’t all he must endure. Constantly focusing on his journey to the North Richard pushes himself to take strenuous jobs only to get a fraction closer o his dream. While his stomach is still empty his mind is set on traveling to north so one day he can provide a better life for his mother and brother. The hope for an easier life creates not only a physical but mental hunger that Richard strives to satisfy.
After his father left Richard assumed role as man of the house and would now take over whatever responsibilities his mother needed him too. Maintaining a job was a key because it would help his mother provide whatever little food and shelter she could. As Richard started working in wealthy white homes as a servant or putting in hard manual labor at the brickyard he started satisfying his constant hunger. Although his stomach was being fed an emptiness of fulfilling his dreams to the North still overwhelmed him.
In hopes of working hard and saving up whatever he could Richard planned to finally escape the cruelty he faced in the South. After years of starving his inner hunger fuels him to get an education and do what he must to get ahead. He is constantly unsatisfied because his family is separated and the color of his skin makes it difficult for him to find a substantial job that will last. Richard’s inner hunger is his main inspiration and symbolizes an idea of hope that he will one day be living in the North.
Richard Wright spends many years hungry and tired from having little money yet it is his inner hunger for a better life that makes Wright feel unsatisfied. His hunger fuels and pushes him to succeed so he can make something of his future.
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