Explain Wright's response to his mother's paralysis.

Wright basically goes numb. he shuts down. he doesn't understand to what is going on with her - being what, 10, and seeing his mother nearly dead, not understanding why she cant speak or move. the one constant in his life up until this point in the story is his mother. though he may despise her at times, she has always been there no matter what to care about him and his wellbeing and his morals and to help feed him clothe him shelter him and bath him. he has always had that sense of just a bit of familiarity and family and warmth. but when his mother is nearly dead, when her presence of her challenging him, beating him, teaching him, and taking care of him is not there, part of that warmth is lost. he is more alone than he has ever been. there is a large turning point in the development of Wright - he says in the story "I went through the days with a stunned consciousness, unable to believe what had happened...The utter loneliness was now terrifying.i had been suddenly thrown emotionally upon my own. within an hour the half- friendly world that i had known had turned cold and hostile. i was too frightened to weep...Though i was a child,i could no longer feel as a child, could no longer react as a child. The desire for play was gone and i brooded." something has died in him - and later we see that once he moves in and is surrounded by his family, particularly in Jackson, he is alone. these people dont understand him. and he is able to in some ways fill that gap of his mother with boys his own age - with loyalty and gangs that imbed racial tension.