The hardest part of life is overcoming the obstacles a person experiences. Though the level of difficulty jumps to a new extreme when the obstacles are based on one's survival. The life of Richard Wright was primarily based around the problems that occurred all his life such as hunger, his family and the racism of the South. He constantly fought against the problem of religion, where he was forced against his will to worship something that he didn't understand, so therefore, didn't want to understand it. Richard Wright faces almost all the possible obstacles that a young black man can experience, and though he often walks away from his problems, as his life progresses he learns to face his problems, hopefully learn from the experience it gives and then move on with his life.
             The one obstacle that Richard unfortunately suffers throughout is life, is his constant hunger. He never fully encounters it until his father leaves his family, and he must go out and find a job to feed his mother and little brother. When Richard's family moves to his, Granny's house, the hunger just seems to get worse and worse. He now must work to pay not only for his mother and brother, but also for his granny and grandpa. After Richard realizes that he must be the one to provide for his entire family he finds a summer job with a neighbor where he will have to go with the man and help him in setting up an insurance business. He is payed $5.00 a week, after weeks of helping the man he returns home. Richard gives all his money to his hungry family and is thanked by everyone especially granny who says, " It's a sign from the Lord." This is when Richard learns one of his biggest lessons ever, that if he must help his family and himself to survive he must be tough and work hard for what he wants and needs to survive.
             Another obstacle that Richard has a hard time just dealing with is his family in general. With having to provid
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