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At Richards' grandmother's house. He sets some curtains on fire, which leads to the house catching on fire. The family moves to Memphis. Richard hangs a cat after his father tells him to (sarcastically) Richard's mother punishes him. At six while hanging out at a saloon he becomes a drunkard. At this age there are no racial differences to him. Richard and his brother are taken to an orphanage to live. His father has left the family for another woman. His mother is ill and can't work. His mother takes Richard and his brother to live at their grandmother's house. They move to Arkansas to live with Maggie and her husband b/c granny's religious rules tie them down. Maggie and Richard's mother are sisters. Maggie's husband, a successful saloon owner, is killed. In fear for their lives they go back to granny's house. They then move back to Memphis. Aunt Maggie left with a man who killed a white woman.Richard's mother had a stroke. Her left side was paralyzed. They went to live with Granny. Afterwards Richard's brother goes to live with Aunt Maggie in the north. Richard goes to live with Uncle Clark. After finding that a boy died in his room he can't sleep. He finally went home to
His grandmother misunderstands him and thinks that he has seen an angel. Through these books he learned that words could be used as weapons. His granny won't let him work on the weekends. Chapter 17Richard went to a relief station for help. The clubs that he was writing for were dissolved by the communist party. Richard was ordered by the communist party to stay away from Ross. Chapter 20From the Federal Experimental Theater he was transferred to the Federal Writers Project. One day at church he tells his grandmother that if he ever saw an angel he would believe. She offers Richard her daughter, Bess. Part TwoThe Horror and the Glory. She insults him by giving him moldy bread and old molasses.
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