End of Black Boy

I think the end of Black Boy is inspiring and gives the reader a sense of hope for the African Americans in the south. Throughout the novel Richard deals with the racism and heavy discrimmination of the South. He hears about the North and dreams of going there someday. His hopes of finally going to the North come true when he earns enough money to bring his mother, brother, aunt, and himself to Chicago. This trip was not easily earned, it took years of conforming, getting beaten, abused mentally and physically, and fear to get the courage and wealth accumulated to leave. His years of discrimmination had come to end and he finally gets to go the one place hes been looking forward to his whole life.

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Themes

One of the numerous themes in Mountains Beyond Mountains is poverty. Dr. Paul Farmer spends eight out of the twelve months of the year working in the heart of Cuba. He gets thousands of patients desiring his medical expertise and he spends day and night treating them. Farmer states he simply cannot sleep at night knowing there are patients out there in need of treatment. Citizens from all over Cuba come to his medical hospital because they know he cannot turn down any patient. When he arrives at works hundreds of wounded Cubans are waiting outside, and he takes the most injured of them all. Paul Farmer would easily be a hotshot Boston doctor year round earning thousands of dollars but he chooses the inncoent victims of Cuba instead, to give back to world and make it a better place.

Choosing OR book

For our quarter one outside reading book , I chose Mountains Beyond Mountains written by Tracy Kidder. I chose this novel because it was recommended to me by many people. It also sounded like an intriguing book that will stir up my emotions on how I view politics and life. Dr. Paul Farmer is the main character and he has the oppurtunity to save innocent lives in many countries. Hearing his story will hopefully inspire me to become someone who will help the world as well. After the reading the first chapter, it left me wanted to read more about this doctors extroadinary lifestyle.

Black Boy

Richard's hunger originally was simply physical. After all of the traumas in his childhood, he soon developed new hungers, which he strived to satisify. He has hungers for knowledge of the outside world, independence, acceptance, and to understand all the complexities of life. He'll do almost anything to obtain the satisfaction of these hungers such as skipping meals to explore to world or to learn in school. Also, he had been raised in a household of tough love and no room for errors. He dreams of finally achieving independence where he can make decisions for himself and live the way he wants to instead of conforming to the standards of others.

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