Study Guide

Black Boy Characters

By Richard Wright

Now, we over here at Shmoop are pretty peaceful people. We get our yoga on, we meditate, and in...

Since Richard doesn’t spend a lot of time focusing on anyone but himself, let’s get...

Check out this first description of Richard’s dad: He was the lawgiver in our family and I...

This isn’t your standard cookie-baking, nursery-rhyme reciting, warm-hug giving grandma....

If you think Granny is bad, wait until you see the prize she married. Grandpa ran away from...

All we know about Ella is that she’s a "remote and dreamy" schoolteacher who likes books...

There are a lot of them. Eight, to be exact. Don’t worry, though, because you really only...

Ah, the Communists. These guys are Lenin fan boys. They walk, talk, dress, and act just like Dear...

Griggs is the only "friend" that we ever see with Richard. He’s also the only person who...

At first, meeting Mrs. Moss is like sunshine on a cloudy day. She’s nice, funny, and even...

Mr. Olin and Harrison are the two people involved with Richard’s unintentional Fight Club...

Mr. Falk, the Hoffmans, and Mr. Crane. That’s it. In the whole book there are exactly four...