In the world, hunger is often discovered in a variety of forms and almost everyone experiences it at least once during their lifetime. Hunger can have a general as well as a figurative meaning. In Richard Wright’s novel, Black Boy, this idea is often portrayed through his hunger for love, education, and a deep sense of righteousness. A young child named Richard experience and grows to learn what it truly means to be a black boy. As a child, he doesn’t understand the meanings of racism and discrimination, which has a huge, critical impact in his life. But as he grows older, he begins to realize how vulnerable he is to the dangers of the world. He observes the dominant figures of the whites and the trepidation that most black families live with, which stimulates his wish of traveling up North in search of a better life. Black Boy depicts Richard’s life growing up as an African-American in the Jim Crow South, illustrating the economic and social hardships that were commonly stereotypical for blacks at the time. Through the events that unfold in Black Boy, Wright reveals that his constant grappling with hunger affects his opportunities to become successful, which reveals how it affects his development as a character negatively and positively, as well as his interactions with other people. Throughout the story, the author makes it clear that Wright is hungry for love, acceptance, and security. Since his father abandons him and his mother at a young age, he lacks the deep