https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1 The with succeed to strength made en-us 2017-05-03 19:17:44 UTC 2017-07-12 20:56:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png brianna_792957 https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/169780505 James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924. His mother's name was Emma Berdis Jones and she was married to Baptist minister, and James' stepfather, David Baldwin. Because of his stepfather's, or just father's according to James, poor treatment towards him, James turned to his religion for refuge. However, he soon realized that he was a gay man and an artist, which made him reject the church. In 1948, he moved to Paris to escape the discrimination for not only being black, but homosexual as well. There, he published his first work, Go Tell It on the Mountain in 1953. He and his works were well-known because they touched on unspeakable topics such as racial and sexual equality, and religion. People say his writings were to speak out against racism and homophobia, two of the main problems he dealt with in his life. As he got older, his writings became less popular and more flawed, as critics would say, and his reputation declined. He died on December 1, 1987 from stomach cancer; he was 63 years old.]]> 2017-05-03 19:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/169780505 TianaRose https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/169781254 Being a black, gay male during the modern time period of literature was an intense struggle for Baldwin. Hudson and Shin, the authors of "Beneath the Black Aesthetic..." believe that Baldwin's "voice is ahead of its time, one that explicitly addresses... race and gender and... attempts to articulate a gay ethic" (Hudson, Shin, questia.com). There is an appreciation for Baldwin because of the feministic edge he had in his writing.]]> 2017-05-03 19:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/169781254 TianaRose https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170090620 2017-05-05 03:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170090620 brianna_792957 https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170276492 Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) -  a semi-autobiographical novel involving a 14-year-old's struggle with his sexuality and anger towards his father and white people.

Notes of a Native Son (1955) - a collection of essays whose topics mostly dealt with racial issues in both the United States and Europe.

Another Country (1962) - a novel that portrayed many taboo themes like interracial couples, homosexuality and adultery. ]]> 2017-05-05 21:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170276492 sloan_nelson17 https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170280237 Sonny's Blues is about a narrator who has no name who finds out that his little brother has been busted for selling and using heroin. All day this news bugs him and he can't stop thinking about it. He tries to think back to what caused Sonny to come to this point. He doesn't ever visit his brother in prison and doesn't write to him until his daughter passes away. Sonny expresses his gratitude for the narrator's letter and ends up keeping in touch with him until they meet up in New York. Sonny gets out of jail and lives with him and the narrator tells of past events that have led to where Sonny and him are right now. He promised his mother that he would look after Sonny but things were hard when Sonny followed his dream of being a jazz musician and went his own way getting into some bad stuff along the way. He learns to accept his situation at the end of the story as he sees Sonny in his element playing jazz in a club. He talks a lot about the darkness in the world throughout the story and how no one can escape it. Collapse of morality seen through Sonny and loss of faith seen through the narrator are main elements in this story.]]> 2017-05-05 23:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170280237 sloan_nelson17 https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170280593 "and in the faces and bodies of the people, and in my own face, trapped in the darkness which roared outside"
-this quote shows the narrator's loss of hope. The quote is saying that we will never escape darkness and we are surrounded by it. 

"The darkness outside is what the old folks have been talking about. It's what they've come from. It's what they endure"
-This quote further showcases the narrator's loss of hope. He truly believes that every child will grow up to be apart of the darkness in the world and no matter how good you are you cannot escape it. Another element is of the pessimistic view of the world is shown in this quote.

"I didn't want to believe that I'd ever see my brother going down, coming to nothing, all that light in his face gone out, in the condition I'd already seen in so many others."
-This quote shows that sonny has lost his way and shows the element of confused sense of identity and place in the world. The narrator knows that sonny is good at heard but he has fallen into an unsafe and dangerous path. Sonny also has collapse of morality and values at this moment.]]> 2017-05-06 00:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sloan_nelson17/fn099xz7bzd1/wish/170280593