The_Man_Who_Was_Almost_a_Man

The Man Who Was Almost a Man “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” by Richard Wright, In this story, the main character Dave expresses his needs to be acknowledged as an adult. I do not think he was prepared at all to become an adult, he just thought he was. Some of the biggest objects that held him back were not being able to handle problems, the characters in his surroundings, and his immature actions. Dave exhibits his immaturity and the fact that he is not yet an adult and cannot handle adult problems. His actions lead him into trouble that proves the fact that he is still an adolescent who cannot handle problems of the adult world. When Dave was faced with real problems of the everyday world, he just ran away from them. The characters around Dave make him feel like he is still a child. He wants to purchase a gun to feel more powerful. In the beginning of this story, Dave talks about how a gun would change the way people acted towards him. He feels that if he owns this power, the men in the field who work with him will have more respect for him, and his mother will start treating him as dave, gun, problems, adult, away, story, way, mother, immaturity, handle, feels, feel, fact, decides, cannot, actions, about, yet, wright, world, try, thought, running, run, richard, people, out, next, must, mule, mr, man, main, killing, just, immature