Chapter 1- His Hunger

Wright’s hunger not only represents the fact that his family was unable to garner enough money each week to pay for adequate meals for Wright and his brother, but also served to show his longing for something more. Wright had not only recently lost the support of his father, and thus a figure that, while he despised, also used as a model, but he had also lost his version of innocence when he murdered the little kitten in a fit of calculated rage against his father. Though this egregious act was supposed to incapacitate his father’s power, it turned on him when his mother began to slowly extract feelings of remorse from Wright himself. Thus Wright was not just a normal hungry boy looking for a meal to sate his appetite, but was also experiencing a far deeper hunger, a longing for his life before everything went to hell.