Black Boy

 

Black Boy ( 2de)

1. Presentation of the document:

The document is an extract entitled Black Boy from the novel Harper and Row written by Richard Wright and published in 1937. In the extract, the narrator Richard is send to the blackboard by the teacher to write his name and address but he cannot because he is paralysed by fear. Because the other children laugh at him, the teacher tries to help him.

2.

I sat and i cursed (verb) myself. Why did I always appear so dumb (adjective) when I was called to perform (verb) something in a crowd? I knew how (adverb) to write as well (adverb) as any (adjective) pupil in the classroom, and no doubt I could (auxiliary) read better (adjective) than any of them.


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