The Story Of James Baldwin: The Price Of The Ticket

The story of James Baldwin– The Price of the Ticket is by a documentary is Karen Thorsen writer in the mid-twentieth century. James Baldwin who was black and homosexual. From a social point of view, he had at least the two challenges of being black and homosexual from which he might be thought of as in oppressed groups. He was born in Harlem in 1964 when he claims the world was very different at that time. He gives a brief story of his life during the film. He also discussed how his father wanted to see black people have the same advantages as the white people. This likely was the foundation of what built Baldwin’s world view in which he became a writer and activist for social change the race relations. This is the story of man whom …show more content…
His father wanted him to become a preacher, and while he avoided following what his father wanted, his story shows that he did become an inspiration through his writing and his beliefs through which he helped others to find ways for social change. According to David Leeming the church and the struggles of the Bible were important to Baldwin. Leeming biographer for James Baldwi found that much of what Baldwin did was highly influenced by his experiences in the church. In many ways, even though he did not go into the church, he did become a spokesperson for believers who wanted to see social change, and therefore his life was similar to spiritual leader. Baldwin tell the story of going into a restaurant where black people were not served. He talks about being told by a waitress that he could not be served in that restaurant, and as a result he threw a glass of water at a mirror which shattered and changed his view forever. However, it did not make him want to try and change many things in the U.S. At that point when he to the glass of water, he realized it was the first time he ever wanted to harm someone. Because he felt like the atmosphere in the United States had changed him. In Paris, skin color was not as much of an issue and he did not feel the effects of segregation like he did in the United States. When he was in the United States, he did not feel like he could be a writer because he …show more content…
Giving him more experiences from which to tell his stories. Baldwin did write about diversity, before it was a popular word. For example, he wrote “Giovanni Room” about a white, gay couple in Paris and because homosexuality was not accepted easily at the publisher Knopf it was rejected. Even though his primary editor indicated he would have accepted it, unfortunately, he was on vacation and other rejected it and had moved on to other publishers. The point is that not everything that he wrote was from a black perspective nor was it specific only to the black experience. Another example is called “Another Country” in which he has multiple characters from different racial identities. In this book, he talks about blacks and whites trying to find ways in which to love one another. In this book comes the title of the film in which Baldwin states that the book is about the price of