Richard Wright utilizes authentic diction to help convey the tone of his book, to freely share his upbringing, and allow the readers to create an image of what life was like for Wright. Wright”s decision to be completely honest and to not hold back keeps the readers interested in what he has to say. For example, Wright states " I was a drunkard in my sixth year, before I had begun school. With a gang of children, I roamed the streets, begging pennies from passer-bys, haunting the doors of saloons, wandering farther and farther away from home each day." This quote shows authentic diction because Wright was straightforward to the audience and stated that he was a drunkard at only six years old. Usually someone would not admit to a large audience that they were intoxicated almost everyday at a young age, but Wright makes sure he includes that to show how damaged his childhood and how damaged his innocence was. Wright opening up and revealing his underlying thoughts into his autobiography adds to his purpose of how childhood can affect adulthood. When Wright was in the childhood phase of his book, the style of diction was negative and ignorant and you could tell how his life when he was younger affected the way he acted. But as the audience gets farther into the book, his diction becomes more positive and the audience can easily infer that Wright is growing up and becoming the opposite of who he was during his childhood.