Baldwin's Challenges In The Fire Next Time By James Baldwin

In the beginning of the story, the narrator’s grandfather says that the only way to make racism become extinct that African Americans should be overly nice to whites. The Exhorter named Ras had different beliefs of the blacks rising up to the whites and take power from the whites. Even though these thoughts come from the black community to take the freedom from the whites, the stories reveals that the are just as dangerous as the whites being racist. The narrator has such a hard time throughout the whole story exploring his identity. While doing so, it demonstrates how so many blacks are betraying their race because the have such a hard time dealing with it.

For most of The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale chose to lie. Dimmesdale also believes that his sin has taken the meaning out of his life. His life's work has been dedicated to God, and now his sin has tainted it. He feels that he is a fraud and is not fit to lead the people of the town through their Puritan beliefs. Dimmesdale knows that he has done wrong.

Rather than even listen to her daughter, Reverend Brown called her and Cates sinners, saying that he hates Cates because he hates the Lord’s enemies. Once again, this contradicts the idea of accepting people with differing beliefs. When Rachel tried to reason with her father, he started praying (almost maniacally), completely ignoring Rachel until she left in disbelief and frustration. While I certainly agree that prayer and following God’s will are important, Reverend Brown’s actions were incredibly rash. He did not even listen to his daughter and try to understand where she was coming from.

The Nation of Islam was fearful of the Whites  dominating over the Blacks. Fear always dominated the minds of black people. This fear caused  Elijah to strive for power to liberate the community. The Nation of Islam wanted absolute control of the White society. Baldwin was given the opportunity to become an influential figure in the Nation of Islam movement, he rejected Elijah Muhammed's offer.

But separation is that which done voluntarily, by two equals- for the good of both!” (246) Malcolm defined segregation and separation were two different things. Segregation was created by white government to control African Americans, that could also have been called slavery. However, the definition for separation was the formation of African American, they build their own communities in order to balk at the white society. One example from Malcolm’s childhood which he experienced racism. When he was a child, he witnessed both his parents destroyed by white society, but what may have influenced him the most was he attended school in Lansing, there he experienced affliction on a daily basis by his classmates and teacher.

This was the state of religion in Huck’s society. It was a meaningless fraud and a lie. The pastors preached about “brotherly love” (183), yet their lives were filled with prejudice. Sermons did not address current social issues, but only took “stock in dead people” (109) and dry doctrine. Religion was working no authentic inward change in people; it cared more about making altar calls instead of true conversions.

From these two lines, it is obvious right away that the writer is no too fond of religion and the morals it preaches. He apparently feels as if church is a bunch of superstitious people trying to implant these ideas into public minds about how to live their life. Before you even begin to read his poem it is obvious of his dislike for something by the title "Written in Disgust of Vulgar Superstition", you can not tell exactly what his dislike is for until you begin reading. Then the images on lines two and three make you start thinking that his "disgust of superstition" could be a disgust of religious superstition. I feel that it is those images that set the tone for the rest of the poem.

Even though God does bring His wrath out on the world a lot in the Bible, the plague is mos... ... middle of paper ... ...l life instead of experiencing the eternal affliction that can only come from being cut off from God in Hell. Even though Father Paneloux does his best to preach to the people of Oran, he makes some serious mistakes. The only result that comes from this is the people getting angry with God and turning away from Him. This benefits nobody as now the people have lost the best way to get through affliction: God. A good sermon to the people of Oran would be one that emphasizes the innocence of God in this plague and the necessity for a devoted relationship with Him.

He didn’t agree with theocracy and didn’t like the way members of the clergy were treated as if they could do no wrong and other members of society were all doomed to go to Hell for the slightest mishap. This book broke the mold by showing a minister who had done wrong, and how he would be punished for it, just the same as any other person. It went through how he was tortured inside, even though the community was oblivious to the fact that he was Pearl’s father, he knew it and he also knew that God knew it and that at some point he would have to pay for his sins.

Internal Critique The main theme of the three writings is labeling within an Imperialist Patriarchy. Toby S. Jenkins in his piece “Mr. Nigger” is concerned with the social, political, economic, psychological and educational issues that face the Black man today. Hooks piece examines how a patriarchal society has led to the black male being stereotyped and how these myths have... ... middle of paper ... ...ly destroyed beyond recognition the representation of an alternative black man seeking freedom for self and loved ones, a rebel black man eager to create and make his own destiny. This is the image of the black male that must be recovered, restored, so that it can stand as the example pf revolutionary manhood” According to Hooks almost all Black men have had to repress themselves emotionally so as not to be perceived as troublemakers or even risk being punished for allegedly making trouble.