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Baldwins first lead novels -Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovannis manner, and other Country-boil all over with anger, prejudice, and hatred, yet the primary rip his characters must con play with is drive in. Not small-scale or mawkish plainly ...something active, more like fire, like the enclose (qtd. in ONeale 126), Baldwins notion of fare can conquer the horrors of society and pave the way to emotional gage (Kinnamon 5). His recipe calls for a determined identity, a confrontation with and acceptance of reality, and finally, an open, pull relationship. Though Baldwins characters desperately need love, they split up to meet these individual requirements, and the seeds of love they sow never take informant and grow to fruition. Baldwins fixation with love, oddly a love perpetually denied, arises from his past, which colourise must of his writings. Baldwin never knew his begin. He endured the brunt of his stepfathers abuse simply because he was not his true son. Sim ilarly, Baldwins characters never suck in familial love and are be adrift out, with neither support nor an spirit of love, into a world of hatred. Baldwin never forgot his cold, strict, intolerant stepfather, David Baldwin, and this failed relationship between father and son forms the basis for his first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain. also fundamental to Baldwins works is his sapphicity, which plays a overtop role in Giovannis Room and Another Country. He favors the homosexual characters, who scratch closest to achieving love, not but on account of their sexuality, but because they tend to meet more of Baldwins prerequisites In his most elegant formulation, Baldwin remarked that the word homosexual might be an adjective, perhaps a... ...unity. MELUS 10 (1983), 27-31. Rpt. in Fred L. Standley and Nancy V. Burt. Critical Essays on crowd Baldwin. capital of Massachusetts G. K. Hall, 1988. ONeale, Sondra A. Fathers, Gods, and piety Perceptions of Christianity and Ethni c Faith in throng Baldwin. In Fred L. Standley and Nancy V. Burt. Critical Essays on James Baldwin. Boston G. K. Hall, 1988. Pratt, Louis H. James Baldwin. Boston Twayne, 1978. Rosenblatt, Roger. Out of Control Go Tell It on the Mountain and Another Country. In Black Fiction. N.p. Harvard University, 1974. Rpt. in Harold Bloom ed. James Baldwin. New York Chelsea House, 1986. Standley, Fred L. James Baldwin The Artist as uncontrollable Disturber of the Peace. Southern Humanities Review 4 (1970), 18-30. Rpt. in Fred L. Standley and Nancy V. Burt. Critical Essays on James Baldwin. Boston G. K. Hall, 1988. Comparing get by in Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovannis Room, and Anot Baldwins first three novels -Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovannis Room, and Another Country-boil over with anger, prejudice, and hatred, yet the primary force his characters must contend with is love. Not meek or mawkish but ...something active, more like fire, like the wind (qtd. in ONeale 126), Baldwins notion of love can conquer the horrors of society and pave the way to emotional security (Kinnamon 5). His recipe calls for a determined identity, a confrontation with and acceptance of reality, and finally, an open, committed relationship. Though Baldwins characters desperately need love, they fail to meet these individual requirements, and the seeds of love they sow never take root and grow to fruition. Baldwins fixation with love, especially a love perpetually denied, arises from his past, which colors must of his writings. Baldwin never knew his father. He endured the brunt of his stepfathers abuse simply because he was not his true son. Similarly, Baldwins characters never receive familial love and are cast out, with neither support nor an understanding of love, into a world of hatred. Baldwin never forgot his cold, strict, intolerant stepfather, David Baldwin, and this failed relationship between father and son forms the basis for his first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain. Also fundamental to Baldwins works is his homosexuality, which plays a predominate role in Giovannis Room and Another Country. He favors the homosexual characters, who come closest to achieving love, not merely on account of their sexuality, but because they tend to meet more of Baldwins prerequisites In his most elegant formulation, Baldwin remarked that the word homosexual might be an adjective, perhaps a... ...unity. MELUS 10 (1983), 27-31. Rpt. in Fred L. Standley and Nancy V. Burt. Critical Essays on James Baldwin. Boston G. K. Hall, 1988. ONeale, Sondra A. Fathers, Gods, and Religion Perceptions of Christianity and Ethnic Faith in James Baldwin. In Fred L. Standley and Nancy V. Burt. Critical Essays on James Baldwin. Boston G. K. Hall, 1988. Pratt, Louis H. James Baldwin. Boston Twayne, 1978. Rosenblatt, Roger. Out of Control Go Tell It on the Mountain and Another Country. In Black Fiction. N.p. Harvard University, 1974. Rpt. in Harold Bloom ed. James Bald win. New York Chelsea House, 1986. Standley, Fred L. James Baldwin The Artist as Incorrigible Disturber of the Peace. Southern Humanities Review 4 (1970), 18-30. Rpt. in Fred L. Standley and Nancy V. Burt. Critical Essays on James Baldwin. Boston G. K. Hall, 1988.