Black Boy Post 1

No I do not believe that Richard is a bad boy. He gets beaten for many things that he didn't do to be mean, he didn't realize what he was doing at the time. Somebody is bad if they repeatedly do things that they know are wrong. Most of the time, Richard doesn't know that he is doing bad things. He is too young to understand. He doesn't know the consequences of his actions. When he lights the curtains on fire, he was only four years old, and he didn't know that half the house would burn down (4-5).
A person can also do bad things as a result of their enviroment. Richard beats other boys up, even hitting their skulls with his stick as hard as he can (18). Fighting is not the right thing to do, but Richard was provoked. They stole his money, and they beat him. His mother told him that if he didn't fight for himself, she wouldn't let him back in the house. She even gave him the stick to fight the boys with! (17) Richard's first reaction was to not fight them, but his mother gives him no choice.
Bad behavior should be blamed on the person when they know that they are doing wrong. It should be blamed on the enviroment when they are doing what others told them, or if they are doing it so that they can survive, or so that their children can survive.

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Welcome to my new blog Philena Faridah. I looked up "cool names" on google and found those two names on a website. Philena means lover of mankind, while Faridah means eternal beauty. Both names have greek origins.
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