Wright Steals!

I think Wright’s reasoning behind his stealing made sense. He realized what stealing meant and it took him a long time to get the courage to do it. He thought about how if he got caught, he would probably not even go to jail, but he would be killed. He never thought about directly being dishonest or breaking the law until he was so fed up with trying to act how a “black” person should act towards whites and he kept losing his jobs. He knew that he could no longer control and hide his emotions towards white. He figured if he would stay any longer, his chances of being caught by saying the wrong word or doing the wrong thing towards a white person would come. He did not want to think of what the consequences would be.

He had to get out of the South, but the only way to get enough money to travel was to steal. One day, he was finally pushed to the limits. He decided to participate in the scandal with the movie tickets, he stole a gun, and he stole food and sold them elsewhere. He made enough money to go to Memphis.

His reasoning behind stealing makes sense because he understands his situation and he knows the only way to get out of the South before he does something that would get him killed is to steal in order to make money. In the end, it pays off.