Read the objective summary of “The Rights to the Streets of Memphis.”

The author is constantly hungry, so his mother gets a job outside the home. The author has to take over some chores, including grocery shopping. After bullies beat him up and steal his money, his mother gives him a stick and tells him to stand up to them. Though the author is scared, he becomes angry and fights off the bullies, and they don’t bother him anymore.

Which important detail should be added to this summary?

The author eats a crust of bread or drinks a cup of tea to stop his hunger.

The author’s mother gives him more money and another grocery list.

The author cries and stammers when he runs home from the bullies.

The author’s father left the family with nothing.

This summary of "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis.” by Richard Wright need to include the detail that triggers all the following events, that the author's father abandons them and left them without any money or security, sets the new kind of life that each one of them will have to deal with to survive without him and his income.