For 10 points, name this autobiographical novel by Richard Wright.
The protagonist of this work is taught to count to 100 by a deliveryman and has an epiphany after the schoolteacher Ella tells him the story of Bluebeard and His Seven Wives. Characters in this novel include Olin, who manipulates the protagonist into fighting his friend Harrison. The protagonist of this work publishes his story "The Voodoo of Hell's Half Acre" in a local newspaper and gives a controversial speech after graduating valedictorian from Smith-Robinson Public School. While in Jackson, Mississippi, the protagonist of this novel is forced to quit his job in an optical shop, and while in Memphis, he borrows a library card from his coworker Falk. This novel is divided into the sections "Southern Night" and "The Horror and the Glory," and its protagonist is kicked out of the Chicago May Day Parade after his John Reed Club is dissolved and he is labeled an intellectual by the Communists he associates with. For 10 points, name this autobiographical novel by Richard Wright.
The protagonist of this work is taught to count to 100 by a deliveryman and has an epiphany after the schoolteacher Ella tells him the story of Bluebeard and His Seven Wives.
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