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Description, description, description. Baldwin used so much descriptive detail in the 3 part story "Notes of a Native Son". My favorite aspect of this story is the fact that Baldwin used so much history so well and within the historical timeline. He incorporated it so well without even putting to much focus on it keeping your attention on the story. My favorite incorporation of historical evidence is his small tid bit of "Jim-Crow Laws":

"I knew about jim-crow but I had never experienced it. I went to the counter, waiting for a hamburger and coffee; it was always and extraordinarily  long time before anything was set before me; but it was not until the fourth visit that I learned that, in fact, nothing had ever been set before me: I had simply picked something up."

This description make my mind go crazy along with all of the other historically descriptive moments, which in this it's chock full. When I was going through reading the story one of the things I couldn't help but think about was a movie that was made when I was a kid. Probably the best football movie I have ever seen. Remember the Titans. Students involved in the first biracial football team try to compete against all white schools not only jumping over the hurdles of racism and hatred being throw at them but also trying to overcome the hatred amidst themselves to work together as a team. This movie ties in so well with this story because there are the riots as well as hatred of races within communities, such as the white woman coming over to the black families house. I am excited to talk about this and see if anyone else brings this movie up in class. If no body does I will have to by the end of the talk.