"The Man Who Was Almost a Man" It is likely that Richard Wright wrote the short story “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” in order to .

contribute a literary voice to the Civil Rights movement and speak up for change

romanticize Southern life for his audience, who may not have had similar experiences

foreshadow the eventual outcome of racial tensions in the South if changes were not made

narrate a story about his own experience growing up in the South and working as a sharecropper