The Glory By Richard Wright: The Horror And The Glory

“The Horror and The Glory”

The United States has come a long way in these past 100 years. Since 1900, the US has taken a bigger stance in world affairs. As well as becoming more politically progressive. These means more rights for those that aren’t straight white males. Richard Wright, for example, was a writer who was born after the Civil War and died before the Civil Rights Movement. He wrote an autobiography called “Black Boy” about the hardships of growing up as an African-American in the early 1900’s and racially segregated Southern United States. If Richard were to write about life as a Black Boy growing up in the US in 2018, he’d write about Police brutality and discrimination, worldly cooperation, and educational issues. Wright

The Armenian genocide was caused by Turkey in 1915. The Turkish military forced all Armenians out into the desert and forced them to walk until many perished to the elements. The death count ranges from 664,000-1.2 million according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Wright would say that we need more cooperation not just because of the mass murder and mistreatment, but also because many nations don’t recognize that the genocide ever happened. This includes the Turkish government and people who publicly refuse that it ever happened, which is obviously a lie used to cover up their past crimes. Wright would be annoyed by the lack of recognition of the genocide by the countries of the world because it is a crime that went noticed, but has gone unpunished for a century. Education also played a large role in Wright’s life.

From a young age, Wright believed that education would get him far in life. He pursued school and knowledge since he was young. Nowadays, he might be afraid or nervous to go to school. We can all agree that since the late 1900’s, there has been an increase in frequency of school shootings. The reason for such acts changes from shooter to shooter.Now we are trying to find a solution to such problems. One proposal is that we give teachers concealed guns in case of emergency. Joel Gunter of the

NPR.org has reported that students stress levels now exceed those of adults, largely in part to school, trying to get into college, extracurriculars, and parental and societal expectations. In addition, an article by Sean Coughlan of the BBC called “Rising Numbers of stressed students seek help” explained the increasing number of students struggling with the stress of everyday life. Coughlan wrote “counseling services are facing an annual rise in demand of about 10%.” This rise proves that students today are more stressed than before. Wright as a boy had many duties outside of school such as a job and shopping because his mother was paralyzed. I can also relate to this problem because since high school began, I have gotten anxiety, much less sleep, and had less time to do things that are not school or extracurriculars. The lack of sleep and anxiety that many deal with is due to just simply putting too much on our plate. Such things like school, sports, clubs, a job, and still trying to get good grades and have time to be with friends can seem impossible. Wright would have trouble coming to terms with student stress problems because he went to school and still had to keep a job in order to help his family survive. Amazingly, he handled stress, a job, and almost losing his mom several times, to go on to become valedictorian of his