Mother's Stroke

The trauma that Wright suffers from the sudden stroke his mother suffers was quite painful. However, Richard responds to the tragedy in way that I believe most children would. This becomes the point in his life where he is forced to mature and grow up almost immediately. After his mother’s first stroke, Richard tends to his mother and acts like an adult until his grandmother and family arrive. His courage here shows that he is a strong man and he now has a sense of what life really is. The second stroke that his mother has brings things more clearly into reality. The events of his mother show him what his life is really all about. At the age of twelve his future life is shaped and molded by the issues he faces with his mom’s life. From that moment on he has decided to ask questions constantly, and then take those questions and find the core of them that explains all the answers.