As I read James Baldwin’s books, I learned about who the author ,Art Spiegelman dad Vladek was .These men are both strong survivors . James was strong mentally and Vladak was higher physical but also strong mentally .I came across that they’re just alike when it comes to surviving and where they grew up . James baldwin was an African American Novelist , poet , and a social critic. He grew up in the harlem ghettos of New York city in the 1920s-1980s. As a child he grew up in very poor part of town. Baldwin spent much of his free time writing small essays and novels about his life . Baldwin would write about what he went threw while growing up in such a tension time in American with racism going on , he was also a gay men. Even though Baldwin
