The Church
Christianity plays an important role in the book, in part because it is a significant part of Baldwin’s family and upbringing—Baldwin’s father was a preacher, and Baldwin spent his teenage years as a junior…
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Paris
As detailed in the essay “Equal in Paris,” Baldwin leaves the United States for Paris at the age of 24 with only $40 to his name and no knowledge of French language or culture. In…
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