Analysis Of If Beale Street Could Talk By James Baldwin

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Analysis Essay Just because it is the right thing to do something doesn't mean that it is always done. James Baldwin makes a point of this in his novel If Beale Street Could Talk when the narrator Tish’s Fiance gets arrested for a rape that he didn’t commit. The police framed Fonny for the rape do to an already existing did like they help towards him after he beat a white man who was sextually harrasing Tish. Everyone knew Fonny was innocent and they had evidence to prove it, but the courts and police decredited all of their sources then strategically hide key fact about people and even let the woman who pressed charges on him leave the country making poor Fonny rot in jail for no reason. Baldwin’s main purpose of writing this book was to show how racism is still affecting the culture of people and how although darker skinned people are free they are nowhere near being equal. Baldwin makes this purpose clear by telling …show more content…

This not only kept readers interested, but it also linked idea that at one time seemed okay and good to others that explained how wrong it is that it happened. The was fairly clear with the reason why Fonny was in jail. At the beginning we are told he is in jail, then we discovered it is for rape, then we learn that it was just a cop framing him out of spite (pg. 143). This is where readers learn that the police there are really corrupt and punishing the innocent people. No story is ever told in the perfect order so it is true that at some points readers were confused with the jumping around, but in the end it all made since. The most clear spot to see this is in the beginning. Readers are told alot of information they don't yet understand, but as the book goes on it all gets clarified (pg. 3-9). Baldwin tested people's wills with this, but given the proper time everything does end up working out. These flashbacks helped to emphasize on the mixed sense of justice and how things are not always

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