In Black Boy and ‘Fenland Chronicle’ Compare The Ways In Which The Authors Make You Feel Sorry For The Central

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In Black Boy and 'Fenland Chronicle' Compare The Ways In Which The Authors Make You Feel Sorry For The Central Characters

Shiju Sasankan

'Black Boy' is an extract from an autobiography of Richard Wright as a youngster facing a mean predicament that taught him a lesson of shielding himself against the cruel outside world . Whereas 'Fenland Chronicle' is an extract of an oral history response of Sybil Marshall against the way in which 'little girls' where treated like 'slaves' by 'nasty, vulgar' farmers and shepherds. The two extracts have been written in the aim of achieving empathy from readers, however this is achieved in differing ways from both extracts by the use of differing storylines and techniques.

The character that is at the centre of attention in 'Black Boy' is young Richard Wright, this is shown in the extract when he explains that he and his brother 'were too young to know' that the family was in some disarray and that his life 'would not be the same as other children' the fact that he has been compared to other children shows that he is one himself. He is not only a child at this time, but