Hello! Really enjoyed your post, I love Giovanni’s room. One thing that stuck out to me is that you said that David is a black gay man. I recall David being described as a blond American, which I’m assuming means that he’s white. I remember my first question while reading this book being, “why did Baldwin write a gay white man?” I was 14, and now I’m 21, and I still ask myself that. I feel like it’d be interesting to analyze.
Hiii yes ur so right!! It is very interesting that the characters are white. Tbh I refer to David as a black gay man because I find it difficult to separate Baldwin from David. IMO as much as a black writer can write a white character they will always be represented within the character …might write some more on this eventually but interested to hear ur thoughts too
Hello! Really enjoyed your post, I love Giovanni’s room. One thing that stuck out to me is that you said that David is a black gay man. I recall David being described as a blond American, which I’m assuming means that he’s white. I remember my first question while reading this book being, “why did Baldwin write a gay white man?” I was 14, and now I’m 21, and I still ask myself that. I feel like it’d be interesting to analyze.
Hiii yes ur so right!! It is very interesting that the characters are white. Tbh I refer to David as a black gay man because I find it difficult to separate Baldwin from David. IMO as much as a black writer can write a white character they will always be represented within the character …might write some more on this eventually but interested to hear ur thoughts too