The answer is letter D (risks of secondhand smoke)
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The blacks in America were deemed inferior and only seen as someone lesser, like a young boy among adults. Maybe, this is one reason why Wright uses the word "boy" in his title.
Explanation:
Richard Wright's memoir "Black Boy" presents the author's childhood and also growing up years as a black man in the American South. The book deals with themes of growing up, racism, family, and also a sense of trying to find his identity.
The use of the word "boy" in the title is ironic because Wright may be describing his childhood experiences but at the same time, the memoir covers well beyond his childhood years too. This may also have to do with his feeling of still being a kid despite being an adult.
Also important is how the blacks were perceived by the whites, the "superior" whites. Though same in all senses, blacks were hardly accepted by the whites as their own or equals, and more like inferior and lesser than them. This can also be one reason why Wright uses the word "boy", as a generalization of how his black people were perceived by the whites.
Francie with age experienced the problem of loneliness because she never had any friends.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Betty Smith's "A tree grows in Brooklyn", there is a story of a girl named Francie. With age she experienced the problem of loneliness. When she was young, she had no friends and she used to play with her imaginary friends.
When she grew up, there was again loneliness in her life, but by then she had developed the habits of reading books and made books her best friends. She used to spend time with books like they were her companion. The readers who read this book or who love to read, consider books as their best friends and companion.