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Big Boy Leaves Home Analysis

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Lynching was something horrific that happened a lot in the 1900s in the South(mostly) but many other states as well. Lynching is a root from slavery and was a racialized violence to blacks. This is something that continues in todays world. Several authors wrote and continue to write about the terrible process of lynching; from slavery, segregation, and today's racialized violence. One reading that stood out to me was "Big Boy Leaves Home," by Richard Wright. This reading is about is how Big Boy experiences the horrific ways of trying to escape from the lynching. Those doing the lynching were called Mobs. Mobs were "in charge", operating outside of the law, of finding and lynching those who caused mischief to the community. Before trying to
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