tb143982 commented on the post, If Beale street could talk, I would be close...
I can totally agree with you, I feel like the novel can be related to a lot of us, where we can all put ourselves in her situation and just feel her pain and struggle. On the second note, it’s funny...
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I really enjoyed reading this. I feel like a lot of us have those moments when we are listening to a song and we can just feel what’s going on or just have some thoughts in mind that either happened to...
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This post made me think about a lot of woman out there in the world who would do what you said. They would make themselves “Dumber” than they really are to satisfy men. And it’s true a lot of them do...
View Articletb143982 commented on the post, Sex in Fiction, on the site James Baldwin
This is a very interesting article, I too agree with you on how James Baldwin is very great at expressing his novels and how he incorporates sex into these books. In the book If Beale Street Could Talk...
View Articletb143982 commented on the post, Milestones, on the site James Baldwin
I definitely agree with you, on the fact that David is hiding who he truly is. He is afraid of what people might think of him. Ask yourself the question; would it be easy for us to come out with...
View Articletb143982 wrote a new post, The Fire Next Time, on the site James Baldwin
Earlier in class we discussed the quote in the book on page 105, “If we- and now I mean the relatively conscious blacks, who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the consciousness of the others- do...
View ArticleTamara wrote a new post, The Fire Next Time, on the site James Baldwin
In class we mentioned that to ask a question is to seek knowledge. And we see that throughout James Baldwin’s novels, where he seeks answers. In the Fire Next time we read “But God- and I felt this...
View ArticleTamara wrote a new post, The New Lost Generation, on the site James Baldwin
We mentioned the quote in class from the essay that we read, The New Lost Generation “And I think… It was because we had failed, after all, somehow, and once again, to make the longed-for, magical...
View ArticleTamara wrote a new post, Another Country, on the site James Baldwin
In the novel Another Country, by James Baldwin there was a quote that stuck out to me which was “The battle was awful because the girl wished to be awakened but was terrified of the unknown. Every...
View ArticleTamara wrote a new post, Stereotypes, on the site James Baldwin
I read an article called Stereotypes, on simplypsychology.org. One of the things that I read there was “Researchers have found that stereotypes exist of different races, cultures or ethnic groups....
View ArticleTamara wrote a new post, Notes of a Native Son, on the site James Baldwin
The essay that we read on Notes of a Native Son, by James Baldwin, in one of the paragraph it says “My father asked me abruptly, you’d rather write than preach, wouldn’t you? I was astonished at his...
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Tamara wrote a new post, Quote by James Baldwin, on the site James Baldwin
The decor of the bathroom at the McNally-Jackson bookstore in New York City includes a quote by American author James Baldwin painted on the wall. Many of us have our own different ways that show us...
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Tamara wrote a new post, James Baldwin: Imitation Quote, on the site James...
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders. But they have never failed to imitate them.” This quote by James Baldwin is very true. Children were always good at not listening to...
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Tamara wrote a new post, James Baldwin: Down from the Mountainttop, on the...
James Baldwin – Down From The Mountain top is a one-man play written and performed by Tony Award nominee, Calvin Levels. The play depicts the rich and impassioned life of the esteemed novelist, […]
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Tamara wrote a new post, Inside the Orgone Box, on the site James Baldwin
In class we had spoken about what was called the Orgone Box. An Orgone Box is a cabinet like device constructed of layers of wood and other materials, as tin that was claimed by its inventor which...
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