Friday, May 31, 2019

Autobiographical Comparison :: James Baldwin Philosophy Essays

Autobiographical Comparison While discovering through James Baldwins Autobiographical Notes, I was strike with a sudden flash of inspiration. I already knew that I enjoyed Baldwins works more than any others we require read in class so far-off Rodriguezs writing I found to be dull and victimized Jacobss was precisely an explanation of how bad slaves lives were and nothing more and although Virginia Woolfs writings were not painful to read the overall style left me feeling dreamy and disconcerted (after a while all those semicolons got to me). Baldwins writing had not only content, but a saying upon it that I found interesting to read. He offered a fresh perspective, analyzing the social history of America and its causes. It is very interesting to read the sections discussing the concept of fighting acerbate by using poison, and the section discussing the choice of amputation or gangrene. Rather than throw up his hands in despair and say, Lifes not fair that I must(prenomin al) choose between amputation and gangrene, he analyzes the benefits and trade-offs. All this I knew before reading his Autobiographical Notes, but while I read them I was suddenly laid low(p) with a very powerful revelation. I realized that I liked his writings because I found in him the same philosophy I have adopted. I immediately wondered if there was a connection between our philosophies and the fact that we were both minorities. Im curious as to how much of the similarities in our philosophies can be attributed to cosmos minorities, and how many differences can be explained by the fact that we are from two different minorities and those that can be explained by the fact that he wrote and lived generations removed from myself.thither are three main similarities between our philosophies that I would like to discuss, although the three are likely closely related. The first is that even bad situations contain their associated good. Baldwin writes that the things which cause to be perceived and the things which help cannot be divorced from each other. I am not sure how widely spread this idea is, but I certainly deal it. Since around the time I was in 3rd grade, I have believed that good can not exist without bad. Furthermore, I believe that the sum of ones smell that he considers good and that which he considers bad will in the end come out equal.

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