February 24

At first, Wright was motivated to work when his mother became paralyzed. He got jobs working to make money and he kept track of his brother. He also did the household chores that his mother used to do. After a while, he became paralyzed as well. He as paralyzed because he was trying to act like an adult and take care of everything when really the responsibility was too much for him. Although the neighbors helped, Wright was still left with a huge burden of taking care of everything. Wright also refused food because he did not want to people to look down upon him because he wanted them to think that he was capable of getting his own food.. Another one of his responses was to write a letter to his grandmother asking for help. This showed his maturity and responsibility even if he could not take care of everything himself.