James+Baldwin.

Akbar Khan James Baldwin

James Baldwin was raised in great poverty. He was born and raised in Harlem, New York. He never saw his real father, and he was raised by a mother and stepfather. His stepfather was really mean to him, and he died at a young age. He was the oldest of nine children and always loved to read. By the time he was 12, his first story was published in the newspaper. This is when he made the decision that he wanted to write for a living. However because of the poor living conditions for him, he ran away at the age of 17. James Baldwin went overseas, where he could write with much less prejudice. He was a homosexual and he was black, so he would have received a lot of prejudice in America. He figured out his homosexuality in his late teenage years. Baldwin wrote his poerty and stories in England, where there was much less prejudice. This made writing easier for him although he did go back to America. Baldwin used different characters in the poem to symbolize different people. In his poem, he talked about the assassination of many famous black people. Such as Martin Kuther King, and Malcom X.

 "**Some Days"**

Some days worry some days glad some days more than make you mad. Some days, some days, more than shine: when you see what's coming on down the line!

Some days you say, oh, not me never - ! Some days you say bless God forever. Some days, you say, curse God, and die and the day comes when you wrestle with that lie. Some days tussle then some days groan and some days don't even leave a bone. Some days you hassle all alone.

I don't know, sister, what I'm saying, nor do no man, if he don't be praying. I know that love is the only answer and the tight-rope lover the only dancer.

When the lover come off the rope today, the net which holds him is how we pray, and not to God's unknown, but to each other - : the falling mortal is our brother!

Some days leave some days grieve some days you almost don't believe. Some days believe you, some days don't, some days believe you and you won't. Some days worry some days mad some days more than make you glad. Some days, some days, more than shine, witnesses,

coming on down the line!

This poem all the emotions people feel. It talks about how not everyday is the same. How there are aspects in everyday life that make the current day better or worse than and previous day, and there is no such thing as reliving a day. It could also mean that life is going by so fast, people do not know or care what their emotions are. They just care about what is going to happen in the future. People go through emotions daily and many people are living life too fast. It might just be saying that people are living their lives too fast.

Works Cited "James Baldwin." //www.kirjasto.sci.fi//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. <[] >.

"James Baldwin." //University of Illinois at Chicago - UIC//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. <[] >.

