Sunday, February 3, 2008

Notes of a Native Son

This story really took me by surprise. I was really astonished by the way James Baldwin wrote this story. I really liked the fact that it had so many transitions. From "One", to "Two", and so on. This clearly represents how I was brought up after my father left me. I really didn't understand it like James did, but I still trudged on knowing that it was only me and my mom now. We just had to make it and make sure that I made it through high school without incident. Having a father walk out of your life, unlike James, is very traumatic, and you tend to have misplaced anger.

Overall, I really liked this story and hope to read something more of this caliber

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