The Man Who Almost A Man

The story written by Richard Wright reminds us an very well-known fact about young males who desperately need to prove their existence as a 'man'. Having a gun is one big necessity according to Dave  Saunders, a seventeen year-old teenager in the story, who is almost a man. It is more than a fiction, I think, in current age young males need gun to guarantee their status in the eyes of their peers, specially Afro-American boys who suffer from discrimination. Gun is just an object they use to express their anger and violence against society. In the story, we usually find Dave discovering the sense of power that gun gives him and witness his enthusiasm about this. He does not even know how to fire, however as long as he keeps the gun with him, he thinks that everyone would have to respect him, no matter black or white. In this part, it is clearly seen that teenagers like Dave, are confused where they belongs, what place they occupy in this world and what place they should be. In my opinion, these unanswered questions trigger illegal acts and stories of adolescents generally ends up in jails or even worse. The guns that are sold for 2 dollar, are just the beginning.