Surname 1Students name:Professors name:Course:Date:Giovannis Room and the Blackbird Analysis1. Interestingly, Giovannis Room is the only one of Baldwins novels without an AfricanAmerican character, even though it has autobiographical connections (Giovanni is basedon a young Swiss man Baldwin himself met in Paris, Lucien Happersberger). Why mightthis be significant for the topic of the novel? For African American literature?The novel, Giovannis Room by James Baldwin, may not have a black Americancharacter in it as opposed to the previous writings by the author. This does not, however, implythat the novel does not depict the lives of the African Americans. In fact, the novel merelydeviates from using an African American character, into showing their urges. The novel is aboutidentity; concerned with the topic of feminism and feminine identity as is about a gay boy, Davidwho is trying to live with the fact that he is gay. Although David is white, his desires are likethose of African Americans as whiteness is only used in the novel as an ethnic contract (Baldwin2.4.228). Homosexuality is, therefore, related to blackness while heterosexuality is related towhiteness in the novel.2. What are the main points of crisis for the narrator (David) as he comes to terms withhis own homosexualitywhat is he most conflicted about? How do the images of thesea and the room figure into and/or relate to this conflict? Think not only about hisSurname 2own d ...

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