

He could fully understand his own sexuality and finally began to accept it to some extent since he met Giovanni and felt as if everything fell right into place for him. There is this amazing connection and admiration between them right away. His fear of being found out chases him all his life.ĭavid meets Giovanni and they hit it right off. David’s terrorizing yet pleasing homosexual encounter with a younger boy from school, Joey, makes him run and hide from himself and his family for the rest of his life. By laying his confused and tentative past right in front, Baldwin creates a compassionate atmosphere in the minds of his readers for the all the controversial elements to come. Then the reminiscing protagonist describes the incidents and circumstances of his childhood in details and the readers are drawn right into it. Baldwin leaves his readers in suspense with all of David’s past described in very brief. The novel opens with David thinking about his life reminiscing. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.

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