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The Library Card, by Richard Wright is a strong essay on how books can affect and influence readers. Richard Wright writes that his first experience of the real world is accomplished through novels. He read an article criticizing H.L. Mencken and it tempted him to read some of his books. The article labeled Mencken as a fool. Wright wanted to know what this man had done to cause such hatred against him. ....
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.... they are automatically disliked by the other whites. The Irish Catholic has absolutely nothing again Richard taking out books to read. Other people will be suspicious and they think it is wrong for black people to read.
Richard was forced to forge a note to the librarian saying that the Irish wanted to take out books by Mencken. He wrote, Dear Madam: Will you please let this nigger boy have some books by H.L. Mencken? (pg.321) He used the words nigger boy to make the librari ....
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