James Baldwin's Go Tell It On The Mountain
Book Report 1
Go Tell It on the Mountain I read Go Tell It on the Mountain. It was wriiten by the brilliant James Baldwin. It is about a boy who has just turned fourteen and is having some hard times. Baldwin’s use of characters, settings, themes, and his techniques of writing make his books all the more interesting. There were a lot of characters in the book. John Grimes is the most important character. As the book follows his life and his growth from childhood to adolescence. He starts of by remembering his childhood. Some of memories are if Sunday mornings. His father, being the minister of the church, would gather up his family and get them all ready and they would go to church. Because John’s father is a minister, his family expects him to become a minister as well when he gets older. As John’s fourteenth birthday …show more content…
This is another struggle between John and his father. His father denies John love. John then craves affection from others. On his fourteenth birthday he expects his family members to wish him a happy birthday. At first no one does, but the later his mother does and give him a present. John is excited. Later in the story John gains love of god and the approval of Elisha, a young preacher at the church. Elisha guides John and helps him get salvation. Baldwin has a very unique style of writing. He incorporates many techniques into his story. He uses flashbacks as the story goes along. John would always go back it time and remember certain things. Whether they were good ir bad memories, they contributed to the story and helped John in the end. Also, the way Baldwin wrote the book seemed to me as if he had experienced some of the situations that were involved in the book. It made me think if this story was about some parts of his life. Maybe the book was an informational book about his life growing up and how the things that happened to him made his life the way it is
Go Tell It on the Mountain I read Go Tell It on the Mountain. It was wriiten by the brilliant James Baldwin. It is about a boy who has just turned fourteen and is having some hard times. Baldwin’s use of characters, settings, themes, and his techniques of writing make his books all the more interesting. There were a lot of characters in the book. John Grimes is the most important character. As the book follows his life and his growth from childhood to adolescence. He starts of by remembering his childhood. Some of memories are if Sunday mornings. His father, being the minister of the church, would gather up his family and get them all ready and they would go to church. Because John’s father is a minister, his family expects him to become a minister as well when he gets older. As John’s fourteenth birthday …show more content…
This is another struggle between John and his father. His father denies John love. John then craves affection from others. On his fourteenth birthday he expects his family members to wish him a happy birthday. At first no one does, but the later his mother does and give him a present. John is excited. Later in the story John gains love of god and the approval of Elisha, a young preacher at the church. Elisha guides John and helps him get salvation. Baldwin has a very unique style of writing. He incorporates many techniques into his story. He uses flashbacks as the story goes along. John would always go back it time and remember certain things. Whether they were good ir bad memories, they contributed to the story and helped John in the end. Also, the way Baldwin wrote the book seemed to me as if he had experienced some of the situations that were involved in the book. It made me think if this story was about some parts of his life. Maybe the book was an informational book about his life growing up and how the things that happened to him made his life the way it is