Additionally, this passage states that a liberal arts education teaches students how to interpret the world. This, conversely, is not an aspiration I have for myself. I believe that it is more important to interpret what is right in front of you, in your local community, than become overwhelmed with the happenings of the entire world. My goal is that I am a compassionate citizen who is always aware of the needs in my
James Baldwin was significant African American author who wrote novels, stories, essays and contributed a great deal to Black Literature and Art. He went through many trials in his lifetime, from religious skepticism to questioning his sexual identity, and identity as a whole as a Black man living in America. Those trials resulted in him finding what his American dream was by making him look deeper into himself with truth and honesty by demonstrating it in his work. His novel “Go Tell It On a Mountain”