James Baldwin's theme analysis

James Baldwin, an outspoken civil rights activist, helped America to realize the corruption of the social society and attempted to inform the people about the unraveling rivalry of white and black people of the nation. Colin MacInnes refers to Baldwin as a “premonitory prophet, a fallible sage, a soothsayer” which attempts to elaborate on Baldwin’s realism and the ability to touch the public in a known sense for the black community. In Go Tell It on the Mountain, his first and most famous novel, Baldwin states “they could change their clothes” (88) at a crucial point in the novel which the metaphor refers to the character’s constant search for identity. Baldwin also uses the juxtaposition “healed the sick” (5) to illustrate the character’s quest for love when denied human affection as God cures their desire for love. James Baldwin emphasizes that race is all about perspective. He uses several stylistic devices to expose his point of view

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