James Baldwin

Finding the contrast between light and darkness can be often described as the difference between being on the inside or the outside. The short story Sonny’s Blues written by James Baldwin setting takes place in Harlem. Throughout the short story, Harlem is numerously referred to as a “trap” (James Baldwin 73) and the narrator and…

In 1964, his controversial drama “Blues for Mister Charlie” about the most horrible crimes of the Civil rights movement, ran for 150 performances on Broadway. Baldwin brought to American the discussion about race, especially in his earlier novels and essays an understanding of the turmoil’s psychological nuances and its consequences. His complicated sense of himself…

Everyone has the right to be free to do what they want comfortably without being restricted. Freedom is felt by various characters in many different ways. By looking at A Letter to My Nephew, Sonny’s Blue, and The Tempest, I argue that literature showcases the universal nature of freedom. This means that freedom is something…

Everyone will always experience an opposing force or obstacle that gets in the ways of his or her own belief. To keep one’s belief safe, each person has a different way of rebelling. In the two stories “The Gospel According to Garcia” by Ariel Dorfman and “Sonny’s Blue” by James Baldwin, both pieces of fiction…