James Baldwin Human Sufferings
Baldwin in Search of Identity
James Baldwin-a native son of America who lost his identity as an American; but known as Negro. Baldwin who was raised in large family with eight siblings, stepfather and during the era of depression, which made him realize that life will not treat him fairly. His whole life evolves against only one issue which was to find identity for his whole nation. Being black was not the only challenge but being gay was also a contribution to it. His motivation against injustice was through his family and friends as stated in his biography, “. . . family and friends enabled him to forge ahead in his search for the elusive promise of social equality and acceptance” (“James Baldwin”).
Furthermore, every individual has inspirational personalities in order to medicate spiritually their selves to achieve goals and that’s what we find in Baldwin’s biography which includes, “Guided by two notable mentors—the poet Countee Cullen and painter Beauford Delancy—Baldwin began to discover that possibilities existed in the art for a black man to locate his identity.” (“James Baldwin”).This also tells us that how he was committed to his goals and why he resigned from church as a young minister in several churches of Harlem. As the talented writer, I think Baldwin implemented the Urdu proverb “pen is the only weapon to win, if you know how to use it” in his life. He used his writing skills to raise the voice of identity for his nation. As mentioned before, to be discriminated on color of skin and personal beliefs was not acceptable to him so he wrote novels, essays and short fiction stories. His piece of writings evolves against the hypothetical characters telling his life experiences.
Additionally, in his one of the famous story “Sonny’s Blues” he presented the variety of issues, among those issues racism was the one faced by his nation during twentieth century. “Sonny’s Blues”, takes place prior to Civil Right Movement during the dark days of segregation
James Baldwin-a native son of America who lost his identity as an American; but known as Negro. Baldwin who was raised in large family with eight siblings, stepfather and during the era of depression, which made him realize that life will not treat him fairly. His whole life evolves against only one issue which was to find identity for his whole nation. Being black was not the only challenge but being gay was also a contribution to it. His motivation against injustice was through his family and friends as stated in his biography, “. . . family and friends enabled him to forge ahead in his search for the elusive promise of social equality and acceptance” (“James Baldwin”).
Furthermore, every individual has inspirational personalities in order to medicate spiritually their selves to achieve goals and that’s what we find in Baldwin’s biography which includes, “Guided by two notable mentors—the poet Countee Cullen and painter Beauford Delancy—Baldwin began to discover that possibilities existed in the art for a black man to locate his identity.” (“James Baldwin”).This also tells us that how he was committed to his goals and why he resigned from church as a young minister in several churches of Harlem. As the talented writer, I think Baldwin implemented the Urdu proverb “pen is the only weapon to win, if you know how to use it” in his life. He used his writing skills to raise the voice of identity for his nation. As mentioned before, to be discriminated on color of skin and personal beliefs was not acceptable to him so he wrote novels, essays and short fiction stories. His piece of writings evolves against the hypothetical characters telling his life experiences.
Additionally, in his one of the famous story “Sonny’s Blues” he presented the variety of issues, among those issues racism was the one faced by his nation during twentieth century. “Sonny’s Blues”, takes place prior to Civil Right Movement during the dark days of segregation