Is young Richard alone in his cravings?

     Well that is the blog topic of the week. Do I think young Richard is alone in his cravings? I definitely do not think he is alone. Besides from talking about what others crave for, I should first talk about Richard's cravings. In chapter 1, Richard always crave for attention in the beginning such as how he decided to burn the curtains because everyone is trying to take care of his grandma. In addition, he decided to go to the salons daily to help men and women spread words around because they gave him the attention that he craves and the money he could use to buy food to ease his hunger. The reason why he started to have a craving for food was because his father didn't want to take care of his family anymore so without money, Richard was hungry all the time.
     Richard is not the only character in the book that has cravings although he is the one more focused on by the author. In the case of his younger brother, I would think he also craves for attention similarly to Richard because whenever Richard is about to do something bad, he is always saying phrases such as "I am telling". The reason he wants to be a tattletale might be because he wanted his mother to notice him more and gratifying him for warning her about the bad things Richard did. Also in the text, Richard's mother said she only wants to comfortably raise her children so they won't grow up into bad adults which is her craving for a softer life.
     In the case of the book, that is what I have known about the characters' cravings so far but even in modern society, everyone have things that they crave for so Richard is definitely not alone. The more common examples are money, love, and happiness. Without cravings, nobody would have a goal in life and society would stop progressing because no one wants anything. That is why although people sometimes view cravings as something to avoid, they are still necessary for progress such as if Richard wasn't craving for something, he would not have become such a successful novelist.

Purposeless activity may be a phase of death. --Pearl S. Buck