Which excerpt from Black Boy best illustrates the effect that society has on Wright’s father?
Answer
A
My mother warned me not to be fooled by my father’s friendly manner; she told me that the judge might ask me questions, and if he did I must tell him the truth.
B
Back at home my mother wept again and talked complainingly about the unfairness of the judge who had accepted my father’s word.
C
Finally we could no longer pay the rent for our dingy flat; the few dollars that Granny had left us before she went home were gone.
D
From the white landowners above him there had not been handed to him a chance to learn the meaning of loyalty, of sentiment, of tradition.