Comments by OCEAN DEGRAAF Most recent public comments by OCEAN DEGRAAF https://nowcomment.com/users/93817 what I feel is the need to nod my head because this poem is truly a musical, when she rhymes Maya pleasures the readers by rhyming, so maybe that's why she rhyme in this poem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2325743 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2325743 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 Maybe, Hopscotch represents the struggles of black life so when she loses, she won because she is now escaping the struggles of life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2325495 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2325495 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 I wonder what she meant by "they think I lost. I think I won" I think there is a deeper meaning behind that sentence. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2317495 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2317495 Maybe this is a competition. Where this game represents life, and people are racing to the finish line. Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 Diction in the title Harlem Hopscotch. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310532 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310532 The title Harlem Hopscotch maybe has something to do with poverty in Harlem and how the Black community used hopscotch to distract themselves from many challenges. Also, another example of diction is: in the first two lines in her stanza she rhymes. Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 Sound techniques https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310478 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310478 I noticed that Maya Angelou ends every sentence with punctuation. This is a sound technique called end-stopping. It creates a sense of order. She uses this technique to make the line have a clear stop of what she is saying, this helps the reader dig deep into what is being said in a line where end-stopped is given Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 When both feet land Maya Angelou talks about the challenges in life. So maybe What Maya Angelou is communicating is: that adults have a lot of problems to deal with so they distract themselves by playing a child's game. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310318 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310318 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 I definitely agree as soon as the narrator's feet are on the floor Maya Angelou immediately talks about the obstacles in life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310192 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310192 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 zooming in on the metaphors Maya Angelou uses https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310168 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136885?scroll_to=2310168 I'm not sure if this I right but based on the second stanza my analogy from reading this is that Maya Angelou is using metaphors to compare the struggles of life to hopscotch. She uses metaphors to explain a harsh reality for many black people and how many in Harlem used hopscotch to escape from that reality. Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:47:07 -0500 "My judgment had been due to my sense of how little they appeared to want. I could not conceive of peddling myself for so low a price. But, for a higher price?For Fonny" https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2261055 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2261055 I think Tish is considering selling herself so she can get money to help Fonny. She wants to support Fonny she will do what ever they can. Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:35:34 -0500 I noticed that Daniel is a witness and he can provide alibis that Fonny wasn't there the night of Victoria rape but sadly he's in jail. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260859 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260859 That's why Daniel is such a major character in this book, he hold information that can help Fonny. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 22:34:03 -0500 I think that Victoria knows that it wasn't Fonny that raped her. I think she just blamed the black man to get all of this over with. This is a very stressful situation and no woman should go through this. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260832 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260832 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:58:00 -0500 This is a very explicit comment but I think what Daniel is saying is that the white man gets pleasure from hearing the black man suffer. I think Baldwin is talking through Daniel and is sharing his views as a black man, and what the white man has done to https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260759 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260759 Black people Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:12:02 -0500 he's not acting soft. He went to jail because the police thought he stole a car. It's unfair that the police is racially profiling a black man. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260657 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260657 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:29:05 -0500 Is Sharon planning to go all the way to Puerto Rico? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260626 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2260626 If she is, I feel like she is determined to get Fonny out of jail. After all, Fonny is like Sharon's son, she known him since he was 9. Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:59:17 -0500 Why does Fonny want Tish to marry him, I personally think they're to young Fonny is 22 and Tish 19, is it because people got married at such a young age in the 70s and it was common ? Or does Fonny love Tish so much he couldn't wait https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2255501 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2255501 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:05:09 -0500 This reminds me of the Kalief Browder case were a black man was accused of stealing a back pack and was sent to Rikers Island for 3 years. He never stood trial or was found guilty of any crime, he spent three years in prison. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2251431 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2251431 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/nyregion/kalief-browder-held-at-rikers-island-for-3-years-without-trial-commits-suicide.html Sat, 09 Jan 2021 17:49:21 -0500 Notice how Baldwin is slowly revealing why Fonny's in jail. This technique leaves readers biting their nails! https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2251424 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239919?scroll_to=2251424 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:51:40 -0500 This is Love https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249492 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249492 I know this because Fonny is leaving her after having sex he is making sure she gets home and she is safe Sat, 19 Dec 2020 22:52:20 -0500 I think this sex scene is more than sex. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249490 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249490 It's about taking there relationship to the next level and forming a bond with each other Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:02:24 -0500 This is a very graphic scene but what we can retrieve from this, is Baldwin is a very descriptive person/author https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249484 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249484 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:53:33 -0500 I think it's more than just an newborn I think Mrs.Hunt started this fight mainly because she feels Tish is corrupting Fonny. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249478 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249478 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:10:44 -0500 I observe character relationships and I notice that Ernestine Loves her sister, stands up for her, and even helps with finding a lawyer For Fonny. Ernestine is a great big sister https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249470 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249470 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:48:05 -0500 I notice the figurative language Baldwin makes Tish use, the tone,word choice it really shows the boiling anger erupting from Tish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249410 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2249410 Tish has every right to be mad. Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:12:51 -0500 This was supposed to be a celebration but it became a fight, that's no way to celebrate someone being pregnant. How might this impact Tish. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247879 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247879 Is she scared? Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:56:18 -0500 Yeah I agree this is what Fonny and his sisters saw in their childhood. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247862 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247862 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:28:36 -0500 This sentence makes me think that Mrs Hunt want's Fonny to be in jail, what makes me think that is the sentence where she says" I think this is the Lord's way of making my boy think on his sins. What sins? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247856 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247856 Why is Fonny in Jail? Sat, 19 Dec 2020 22:39:45 -0500 Why doesn't Fonny's parents go see him in jail? Do they not Love him?,Are they mad at him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247852 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2247852 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:16:58 -0500 It's sad that Fonny and his sisters had to grow up with such abusive parents. Imagine the Trauma to young Fonny. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2246052 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2246052 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:49:06 -0500 yes but the question is can Fonny's parent agree? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2246024 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2246024 I don't think so because The Hunt family is known to be stubborn Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:25:09 -0500 There about to have a celebration because he was on the phone with Frank saying to come over. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2245984 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2245984 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:13:22 -0500 especially a Black female in her time. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2245977 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2245977 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:42:12 -0500 Sharon is a good parent https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2245525 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2245525 Notice how Sharon helps Mrs.Hunt off the floor even though Mrs.Hunt says all these horrendous remarks on her future grandson and Sharon Grandson. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:53:56 -0500 If there story is in NYC why is the book called If Beale street Could Talk? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2243401 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2243401 Does it relate to the culture of Beale street? Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:29:20 -0500 Notice how Baldwin put's flashbacks in his writing like for an example line 44-45 where they talk about dressing for mrs. Hunt it triggers a flashback of Fonny and Tish sexual relationship. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2243384 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2243384 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:42:12 -0500 I feel like Mrs.Hunt is not going to respect the fact Tish is pregnant,because they don't respect her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2242315 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2242315 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:27:38 -0500 Tish Has good parents, Tish thought her parents were going to disown her because of her baby but that's not the case. They're having a celebration https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2242311 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2242311 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:58:50 -0500 I like how Baldwin didn't make Tish tell the readers how Fonny got arrested by Tish saying "if,if" https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2242305 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239184?scroll_to=2242305 It built the suspence and made reader including me wonder how did Fonny get arrested?! Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:59:18 -0500 What I notice is Tish analyses and zooms in one everyone's appearance https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234149 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234149 These are the following people where she explained thier appearance Fonny's mom, Fonny, Teddy, Tish's mom,Herself,Tish's dad, Frank,Teddy Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:27:16 -0500 From this sentence "Thank you Mama" I know that Tish is relieved that her mom Didn't scold her https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234145 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234145 This just tells me Tish was frightened of what her family might think of her. Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:04:23 -0500 I notice that in paragraph 94 and 99 they both talk about Teddy's appearance mainly his hands. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234143 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234143 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:01:44 -0500 Fonny behaved didn't steal,rob but he's in jail https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234140 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234140 why is he in jail if he stayed away from crime? Maybe he did nothing maybe this whole book is about how White people put Black people in jail for no reason. Is this about Judicial racism. Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:09:18 -0500 For some reason I think that Tish might come to Ernestine for her to share her thoughts and for Tish to share things with her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234069 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234069 I think this because Ernestine is smart and she has more experience in this world than Tish. Plus, Ernestine is her big sister Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:22:40 -0500 I feel like the tone of Joseph's voice is like he ashamed https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234049 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234049 That a Black man at this time has white blood Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:25:55 -0500 I kindly disagree https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234046 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234046 I don't think she's depressed I think she's scared what her family might think of her,and there's a lot of tension, and suspence for Tish to plan when the right time to tell them. Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:42:11 -0500 It's crazy to think Tish's Mama knew and she was only waiting for Tish to simply tell her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234045 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234045 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 12:34:36 -0500 What I notice is That Tish's parents love Fonny and take care for him as if he was family. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234044 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2234044 Maybe Fonny's parent are less involved in his life then Tish's family is. Also, Tish's family is paying the Lawyer. Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:05:56 -0500 I think Tish is telling us that Frank is fonny's father no the baby's https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2233997 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2233997 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:40:47 -0500 I feel like fonny's mom is very sarcastic https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227928 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227928 I feel like this because her tone when she says it sounds like she doesn't care, for instance, when she complimented Tish and when she called the church handsome. Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:57:52 -0500 I noticed in my previous book in The Autobiography of Malcolm X that conk is when black people straighten their hair to make it like a white person. I think Black men wanted to be accepted so they made their hair straight. But Fonny is smart and aware. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227872 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227872 https://images.app.goo.gl/kDB7NxEAxQatFjdK7 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 18:36:09 -0500 it's when the kids don't have school and when some adults don't have work. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227835 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227835 so the streets are busy. Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:32:46 -0500 What i noticed reading this book so far is that in the book it shows everyone's relation ship and how it formed https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227791 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227791 Tish,Fonny Joseph, Sharon and Fonny's mom and dad's relationship Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:25:26 -0500 I wonder what relationship Tish's mom has with Fonny's mom? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227236 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2227236 Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:04:42 -0500 if they love each other and make love with each other why would the father make such despicable remarks? https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2223141 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2223141 Based off this paragraph I think that Fonny's parents aren't going to be supportive of him if they found out he's having a baby. I think they're going to yell at him. Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:45:39 -0500 Because usually a friendship or a relationship can start from a conflict. https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2220346 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2220346 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:06:15 -0500 I believe this is when Fonny and Tish's relationship starts https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2220310 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2220310 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:06:15 -0500 I wasn't expecting that! https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2213158 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2213158 I wonder how Alonzo feels. How is he supposed to take care of the kid if he's in jail? Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:46:42 -0500 I think the story is going to be about someone's life in Beale street https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2213156 https://nowcomment.com/documents/239056?scroll_to=2213156 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:06:57 -0500 https://images.app.goo.gl/vJbfxcc5A5MwucLb6 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169819 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169819 this image shows the poverty in Harlem, very sad Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:53:38 -0400 I don't understand what you mean do you mean we have a limit Of what we say or do we have a limit of what we do, because if it's what we do I disagree. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169782 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169782 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:43:34 -0400 I wonder did Baldwin father Approve of Baldwin being a famous write? Because I know he is really strict https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169408 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169408 question Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:55:34 -0400 I agree because Baldwin is changing and the kids around him are changing https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169406 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169406 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:52:00 -0400 I agree that he's becoming more aware of the world https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169403 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2169403 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:49:31 -0400 I believe Paragraph 16 relates to paragraph 19 because maybe the blindness and terror was the bible saying black people were the descendants of Ham and predestined to be slaves. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165744 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165744 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:21:35 -0400 There something that Baldwin feels that he can't describe, when he said Jesus, my dearest friend,who would never fail me knew all the secrets of my heart perhaps he did, but I didn't. This show that Baldwin is felling something that he can't describe https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165741 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165741 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:12:57 -0400 The author is saying that he became an preacher and I think he chose this job because he wanted to excel at something and he was bored, But another reason is maybe James wanted to be distracted from all the gang related issues https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165738 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165738 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:39:20 -0400 James Bladwin is saying https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165736 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165736 Baldwin is saying if we were all gods children why do blacks have to cast so far away meaning why do black have to go through all these awful things if we were gods children Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:40:15 -0400 Baldwin is saying if we were all gods children why do blacks have to cast so far away meaning why do black have to go through all these awful things if we were gods children https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165734 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165734 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:16:05 -0400 Little boy https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165732 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165732 When she says who’s “little boy” are you it’s a negative concept because I think little boys refer to the henchmen of the pimps and racketeers back then, but when Baldwin says i’m yours That means i’m a little boy of a pastor or god meaning i’m a worker or henchmen of a pastor, or god. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:15:34 -0400 I think this means that the efforts by parents to teach their kids about the world they will be living in as a Black person. And it's scary for an elder to let a kid go especially in a world and time where people are despised cause of their color https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165729 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2165729 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:14:18 -0400 I think this sentence means that the elders are trying to prepare Their black child from the hate and obstacles they are going to face in this white world https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163412 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163412 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:49:25 -0400 summary https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163388 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163388 This means He's eager, He's eager to find what he's good at so he can succeed in life. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:00:11 -0400 I think this sentence means that white people want a black servant to steal, just to show that's what black people do and just show that white people are superior. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163377 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163377 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:47:34 -0400 I believe this is the life for people who were black in the 60's and this is how it was especially Harlem because Harlem was a very poor place the people live in Harlem most likely was living in poverty and had a scarcity of basic goods. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163372 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163372 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:35:27 -0400 My opinion https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163369 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163369 I think the next paragraph is how Baldwin used church to not be caught up in the streets and gangs which many of his friend resorted too. Judging from the last sentence. His friends are on the needle, wine, whisky these are drugs that James friend are taking but instead of James being a follower he went to church to probably be distracted from all those things. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:32:09 -0400 I think Baldwin is going through puberty and having these thoughts and he thinks he is sinning and that's why he calling himself evil. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163357 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2163357 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:37:27 -0400 I noticed he's talking about a savior which is Jesus https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2162845 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2162845 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:48:21 -0400 Don't show weakness https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2162833 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2162833 I believe this means to me is for the black man to not show signs of any weakness to a White man, do not show an opening or an entrance for a white man to belittle a black man, So when James Baldwin says to cloak your weariness it means to hide your tiredness so you don't let anyone take an advantage over you. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:25:38 -0400 I think Baldwin wants to leave the ghetto and be famous so no white person can say anything to him https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2160288 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231335?scroll_to=2160288 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:19:28 -0400 And i think he became aware of a lot of things at 14 like racism https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153969 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153969 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:57:01 -0400 i agree https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153964 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153964 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:55:25 -0400 I'm not sure Maybe this is his book https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153963 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153963 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:55:05 -0400 Baldwin is saying in order to survive as a human we need to let things go https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153961 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153961 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:54:07 -0400 I'm not sure but I think the last sentence is basically stating that were equal https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153910 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153910 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:20:48 -0500 Christian https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153837 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153837 In the last sentences it says That no one is more christian than anyone else. But still white people try to put down white people saying that were descendants of Ham, So were more christian. But Black people say white people are descendants of Cain, but People are the same amount of christian doesn't matter the of what skin color you are. Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:13:16 -0400 Why is the father so mad that Baldwin friend is Jewish, Is it because they have a different religion? https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153794 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153794 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:39:21 -0400 Paragraph 16 relates to paragraph 19 because maybe the blindness and terror was the bible saying black people were the descendants of Ham and predestined to be slaves. https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153392 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153392 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:44:05 -0400 There something that Baldwin feels that he can't describe, when he said Jesus, my dearest friend,who would never fail me knew all the secrets of my heart perhaps he did, but I didn't. This show that Baldwin is felling something that he can't describe. https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153239 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153239 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:57:59 -0400 he became an preacher and I think he chose this job because he wanted to excel at something and he was bored https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153197 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153197 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:49:15 -0400 I think this means for white churches The principles was Faith, hope,and charity but for most black churches it's blindness, loneliness,and terror https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153043 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2153043 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:53:55 -0400 Baldwin is saying if we were all gods children why do blacks have to cast so far away meaning why do black have to go through all these awful things if we were gods children https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2152978 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2152978 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:09:23 -0400 Little boy https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2152961 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2152961 When she says who's "little boy" are you it's a negative concept because I think little boys refer to the henchmen of the pimps and racketeers back then, but when Baldwin says i'm yours That means i'm a little boy of a pastor or god meaning i'm a worker or henchmen of a pastor, or god Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:20:40 -0400 This means that the efforts by parents to teach their kids about the world they will be living in as a Black person. And it's scary for an elder to let a kid go especially in a world and time where people are despised cause of their color https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150388 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150388 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:27:36 -0400 Determination https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150078 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150078 This shows Baldwin is trying so hard to make it out the ghetto Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:10:28 -0400 This is showing that the white people want to limit the Black man capabilities but they definitely didn't limit James Baldwin capabilities https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150074 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150074 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:34:13 -0400 I think this means that when A black servant for a white family who probably made 1 cent a week smuggles good from white people they let them do it just so they can show that white people are more superior. https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150013 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2150013 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:17:46 -0400 I think Baldwin is going through puberty and he is afraid he's going to end up on the streets and do evil things that he could've never imagine him doing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2149871 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2149871 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:52:46 -0400 wow you just summed up the whole paragraph, I totally agree with you. https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2149782 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2149782 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:39:04 -0400 When it says let your cries be silent and to hide your weariness it basically saying to Black Man and Women to not show any weakness To white people. Don't let them have power over you. https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2149775 https://nowcomment.com/documents/116282?scroll_to=2149775 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:30:10 -0400 yeah ) I agree and that doesn't go for just James it goes for A lot of African Americans in this world Today. https://nowcomment.com/documents/231316?scroll_to=2144353 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231316?scroll_to=2144353 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:43:52 -0400 it is very sad https://nowcomment.com/documents/231316?scroll_to=2133430 https://nowcomment.com/documents/231316?scroll_to=2133430 Wed, 14 Oct 2020 12:14:46 -0400