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james baldwin wit, austen and wit, both of them use both intense emotions…
james baldwin wit
giovvanis room
about a young man called david who, in paris, had an affair with an Italian bartender called giovanni and moves into his small cluttered room
the novel is a story filled with complex and surpressed feelings and emotions and about struggling to fully accept yourself in all the rawness that comes with it.
No matter how it seems now, I must confess: I loved him. I do not think that I will ever love anyone like that again.
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in 'another country' baldwin hints at white ignorance, symbolising black peoples resentment towards whiteness and its advantages, as well as the reluctance of white people to engage in menaingful discussions about race.
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dacosta argues that baldwin uses laughter as a recurring motif and as a critical response to white ignorance.
the black characters laugh at the naievaty of the white characters adthe white xcharacters laugh to avoid confronting hard truths about race
like how lizzy contains laughter when talking to lady c, baldwin uses laughter to present a sense of knowing and intelligence. wit is a refelction of intelligene and sharpness.
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austen and wit
the characters of mr darcy and elizbeth bennet in pride and prejudice are excellent examples of austen writing with wit.
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they perfectly encapsulate the wit that austen is so well known for as they drift from hating eahither to falling in love.
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where baldwin would focus on the complexities of identity, the failure of the american dream and systemic racism
austen would focus on matters that were more relevant to her, such as the constraints of social class, the vulnerability of women and the transactional nature of marriage
austen would use her work and her wit and sharpness as a way to, like baldwin, critique society and its norms.
both of them use both intense emotions in their witing, which usually circles around intense topics
'as we did the quote "...sugar is generally pleasing, but it cannot long be eaten by itself’" i think that baldwin and austen both know that in order to progress a conversation or to create questions and cause peopolemto think, wit must be used. wit and laughter, to make bigger more deep problems seem relatable and possibly easier to digest and talk about'