Fear And Evy In Another Country By James Baldwin

In Another Country by James Baldwin, Chapter two concentrates on the idea of fear and envy. James Baldwin uses the book as shown in chapter two, to illustrate fear and envy in the American society during the 1950s. By including characters that go through certain situations and by using dialogue between these characters, one can see how characters in the book respond to fear and envy. Baldwin uses Ida to show many examples of burden and panic. The unfortunate moment when Ida is speaking in a conversation with Richard, one can feel her emotions in the dialogue she uses. Ida exclaims, "nobody's seen him'," Ida cried, "for nearly six weeks ! Until last night ! I know my brother, he doesn't do things like this(Baldwin,102)”.Ida's conversation demonstrates that she is in fear for her brother's life, By providing Ida with these emotions Baldwin is saying that, one doesn't have to be in danger to experience fear. The unfortunate luck of being a dark man amid the 1950s in U.S. contributed to oppression experienced and therefore not so safe. The way that no one had gotten in touch with Rufus or seen Rufus since the previous evening just worries Ida more. …show more content…
However, his sister Ida spoke upon something that illuminated his fear in the book. Ida states, "when something goes wrong, when he gets hurt, he just wants to go and hide until it's over. He licks his wounds. Then he comes back (Baldwin,100)”. Rufus has gone through many events that have destroyed his emotions. Women, music and even family have all been additional pain to his life. The solution to all his problems is to turn his back to the people who love him. He doesn’t want to be hurt again. He has the burden of the fear that he has for society inside of him and allows it to continue building up, which sadly leads him to his