1. Create a Web site that introduces Go Tell It on the Mountain to other readers. Design pages to intrigue and inform your audience and invite other readers to post their thoughts and responses to their reading of the novel. 2. Write a sermon for Gabriel to give some Sunday. […]
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1. Deborah is often described as unattractive. What is the source of her unattractiveness? Examine how her reaction to the rape and the townspeople’s reaction could explain this description. 2. Discuss whether Florence will use Deborah’s letter to expose Gabriel’s past. What would be possible outcomes or either scenario? What, […]
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abdicate to give up formally (a high office, throne, authority, etc.). the accursed son of Noah Ham, who had laughed at his father’s nudity and who had been cursed by his father to be “a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren” (Genesis 9:18-27). armies had come from […]
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John, at the age of 14, is in puberty. Bewildered by his “treacherous body” and all of the changes that he is going through, many things become sexual images. A stain on the ceiling above his bed suddenly takes on the shape of a naked woman. He had masturbated in […]
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The importance of The Church of the Fire Baptized cannot be overstated. This church acts as an anchor for its members and promises them the riches of heaven when their poverty-filled lives end. It provides a community in which people can find support and guidance and share their trouble and […]
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In Go Tell It on the Mountain, Baldwin depicts the insidious effects of systemic racism, producing for us a glimpse of the inhumanity that is the second and third generation result of the era of American slavery that took place virtually from the period of colonization through the American Civil […]
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Early Years and Education James Baldwin was born the illegitimate son of Emma Berdis Jones on August 2, 1924, in Harlem Hospital. In James’s third year, his mother married the Reverend David Baldwin, a fire and brimstone lay preacher, who legally adopted James. James attended Public School 24 in Harlem, […]
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Richard is another character who is very proud. Unlike Ester, whose pride is a source of strength, Richard’s pride makes him emotionally vulnerable. Initially Richard’s pride leads him to educate himself so that no one would ever be able to insult him or embarrass him because of his ignorance. This […]
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Royal is like his mother, Ester, and his father, Gabriel, in his younger days. He is not concerned with churchgoing and giving up earthly pleasures. He is motivated solely by his own desires. Never is he seen to act with any responsibility. The only time he does attempt to act […]
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Ester is a Hedonist: She does as she chooses when she chooses. She is unfettered by notions of sin and shame and is unconcerned with what others may think of her. She is an attractive young woman with many boyfriends who enjoys her employer’s whiskey but not regular church attendance. […]
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