Richard Wright is taught about morality from his actions. He either has a guilty feeling like when he was stealing from people, or he would get into trouble with his mother or father. Since Wright did not believe in religion, I do not believe that the church influenced his learning about morality in any way. He may have learned about morality a little bit in school by learning about the proper way to act. I had a hard time finding a direct connection from Wright’s life with the passage that we read, but the education that Wright received did teach him morality. When he went to a religious school, I felt that he learned less since he was against religion. When he went to a non-religious school, he was able to learn more from it about morality since he had a better attitude about it.
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I agree with you in that he learned some morality within his public school education, but definitely not from religion. However, I think he learned more morals from his life experiences, especially how he hated the idea of stealing items from other people. Also, Wright probably learned some morals from reading and writing so much. But I agree in that I had a hard time finding a connection to the passage at first too.
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