The short story going to meet the man by James Baldwin is a very intense look in to the recollections of a racist white sheriff that is on the brink of experiencing somewhat of race equality in his home town. Baldwin describes the thoughts that the main character, Jesse the sheriff, is trying to come to terms with while he lays in bed with his wife after experiencing an episode of impotence and insomnia. In this in depth account of the sheriff’s account, the readers is put in his mindset and can
based on the color of their skin. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello and James Baldwin’s short-story “Going to Meet the Man,” both authors depict the stereotypes against individuals of darker skin complexion. Through the use of vocabulary, repetition, imagery and metaphors, William Shakespeare and James Baldwin create distinct racial separations between characters. James Baldwin’s 1965 short-story “Going to Meet the Man,” provides the readers with an insight into an American society that was dominated
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”