Identity Struggle In James Baldwin's Go Tell It On The Mountain
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Identity struggle - The narrow and broad path in James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain
Table of contents
I. Introduction 3
II. Imposed roles – Afro Americans in a dominantly white society 3
2.1 Black church as a helpful companion or a mere distraction 4 from reality?
III. In search of identity: Between secularization and clericalization 8
3.1. John’s getaway to Manhattan – Denial of his black heritage? 8
3.2. John’s conversion – True belief or a mere survival gimmick? 12
IV. Conclusion 15
V. Bibliography 16
I. Introduction
James Baldwin’s life was deeply marked by an identity struggle. A struggle to find out what it meant to be an American and foremost what it meant to be an Afro American. Like …show more content…
In addition to all the authors here mentioned, Margolies expands the church’s functions upon the field of masculine identity. The church exemplifies by means of the wrathful Old Testament God a masculine role model many Negro adolescences lack in their family environment . This can also be applied to John’s case. Rejected by his father, or as the reader knows, his stepfather, he feels unloved and ugly. On the one hand he despises God, since he sees his father as God’s minister . On the other hand though, he longs to be saved and become God’s son, who would then protect
Identity struggle - The narrow and broad path in James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain
Table of contents
I. Introduction 3
II. Imposed roles – Afro Americans in a dominantly white society 3
2.1 Black church as a helpful companion or a mere distraction 4 from reality?
III. In search of identity: Between secularization and clericalization 8
3.1. John’s getaway to Manhattan – Denial of his black heritage? 8
3.2. John’s conversion – True belief or a mere survival gimmick? 12
IV. Conclusion 15
V. Bibliography 16
I. Introduction
James Baldwin’s life was deeply marked by an identity struggle. A struggle to find out what it meant to be an American and foremost what it meant to be an Afro American. Like …show more content…
In addition to all the authors here mentioned, Margolies expands the church’s functions upon the field of masculine identity. The church exemplifies by means of the wrathful Old Testament God a masculine role model many Negro adolescences lack in their family environment . This can also be applied to John’s case. Rejected by his father, or as the reader knows, his stepfather, he feels unloved and ugly. On the one hand he despises God, since he sees his father as God’s minister . On the other hand though, he longs to be saved and become God’s son, who would then protect