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Analysis Of Chapter 5 Of Richard's Life

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Chapter 5 marks a change to Richard’s life and family: his grandmother and Addie has declared that Richard is “...dead to me, dead to Christ” (Wright 184). Richard leaves Addie’s school and goes to a public school. However, his grandmother refuses to pay for his clothes and books, causing his clothing to become “so shabby that I [Richard] was ashamed to go to school.” The emotions that Richard feel dramatize the state of his clothes- they must be in horrific condition for him to feel ashamed to go to school! Richard emphasizes this by saying, “I grew so bitter that I decided to have it out with Granny; I would tell her that if she did not let me work on Saturdays I would leave home.” This shows how Richard has grown to become “older” in the
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