90 pages • 3 hours read
James BaldwinA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Analyze Tish’s description of her street in New York. How do connotation and imagery contribute to the emotion and conflict inherent to the setting? How does the street change over time? In what ways does it express characterization?
Teaching Suggestion: This Discussion/Analysis Prompt connects to the Personal Connection Prompt in that it also regards the emotion and characterization of a place. Ultimately, students should understand that Baldwin’s writings focus on the space and neighborhood in New York to provide a stark contrast to Fonny’s limited future in the jail cell. Consider encouraging students to make these connections and identify the juxtaposition of these settings.
By James Baldwin
Another Country
James Baldwin
A Talk to Teachers
James Baldwin
Blues for Mister Charlie
James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
Going To Meet The Man
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin
If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?
James Baldwin
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin
No Name in the Street
James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin
Sonny's Blues
James Baldwin
Stranger in the Village
James Baldwin
The Amen Corner
James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
The Rockpile
James Baldwin