Hunger

Original answer: Wright is really hungry because his father left his family because of some woman. They (his father and the woman) live away from Wright, his brother and his mother and don't help them, even with child support. At first, there's no food because there's no one working for money. Later on, his mother works and there's some food, but not much. So he doesn't have any food to eat and so is hungry.

Then we talked in class and found out there was a deeper meaning besides the fact that he was just plain hungry.We talked about how he was hungry for attention and knowledge and something he didn't know yet. I totally did not get that from the book, but I understand it now.