Baldwin wrote “Go tell it on the mountain” to emphasize conflict between family, racism, struggle of living,and christianity. The structure of the book is biblical, and a negro folk tale. “ Dear father,-it was her mother praying- we come before you on our knees this evening to ask you to watch over us and hold back the hand of the destroying angel.” John was praying to God to make sure God watches over him and his family. Baldwin includes scriptures and stories from the bible, even personal experiences. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever should believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”The following is referring to Jesus who died for us on the cross. If you believe in Him you will
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Religion is the theme because he speaks on how he was raised in the church, also how he may go about it with sinners. Since his step father is a pastor he listening to everything about God’s word everyday and he’s inspired to be a preacher. The setting of the story impacts the themes and conflicts present. John is fighting with himself everyday as he goes with life and face difficult problems. Of course he prays about everything to hope for better days mainly because that’s all he knows since he believe God will solve his everyday problems. Sometimes when he forget to ask for strength from God he will begin having a fight with himself. Everyone had suffering rather if it was because Roy didn’t know his father , or his mother was suffering with trying to see how she should tell them about their dad , even John suffered with living with a step dad all his life & he doesn’t even know that he’s not his real father. The suffering that everyone had went through made them get closer to God & started bring more people who may haven’t known him before. Lastly, the theme searching for identity is referring to John because on his birthday he runs into different crises & also he is undecided if he really wants to be a preacher when he grows up. While John is at the movie theatre on his fourteen birthday he experiences foreshadow of how his future will be like, will he leave church forever? He begins to question what he really want to do in the
Religion is the theme because he speaks on how he was raised in the church, also how he may go about it with sinners. Since his step father is a pastor he listening to everything about God’s word everyday and he’s inspired to be a preacher. The setting of the story impacts the themes and conflicts present. John is fighting with himself everyday as he goes with life and face difficult problems. Of course he prays about everything to hope for better days mainly because that’s all he knows since he believe God will solve his everyday problems. Sometimes when he forget to ask for strength from God he will begin having a fight with himself. Everyone had suffering rather if it was because Roy didn’t know his father , or his mother was suffering with trying to see how she should tell them about their dad , even John suffered with living with a step dad all his life & he doesn’t even know that he’s not his real father. The suffering that everyone had went through made them get closer to God & started bring more people who may haven’t known him before. Lastly, the theme searching for identity is referring to John because on his birthday he runs into different crises & also he is undecided if he really wants to be a preacher when he grows up. While John is at the movie theatre on his fourteen birthday he experiences foreshadow of how his future will be like, will he leave church forever? He begins to question what he really want to do in the