Consider the following quote from Return to Black America, where William Gardner Smith, a black expatriate writer who moved to Paris soon after Baldwin, writes: ″the black man, no matter how long he lived in Europe, drifted through those societies an eternal ′foreigner′ among eternal strangers″ (71).
Consider the following quote from Return to Black America, where William Gardner Smith, a black expatriate writer who moved to Paris soon after Baldwin, writes: ″the black man, no matter how long he lived in Europe, drifted through those societies an eternal ′foreigner′ among eternal strangers″ (71).
Consider the following quote from Return to Black America, where William Gardner Smith, a black expatriate writer who moved to Paris soon after Baldwin, writes: ″the black man, no matter how long he lived in Europe, drifted through those societies an eternal ′foreigner′ among eternal strangers″ (71). reading of Baldwin′s ″Encounter on the Seine.″ 1. First, summarize Smith′s quote in your own words. What is implied in his claim that the black man is ″an eternal ′foreigner′ among eternal strangers″ (71). 2. Secondly, include TWO quotes from Baldwin′s essay that EITHER validates or challenges Smith′s claim. Give an explanation of why each quote supports or refutes Smith′s view of the expatriate experience of black men in Europe. 3. Lastly, connect Baldwin′s essay to a reading we′ve read this semester and address how Baldwin′s essay is similar to or different from that reading. Note: You should have a total of two direct quotes from Baldwin and analyses of those quotes. second lab We cannot think of the history of immigration in the US without thinking about the colonial history of the countries from which immigrants moved. The characters in Lovelace’s story deal with not only the postcolonial trauma as a result of British colonization, but also the trauma of American intervention. Think of the history of US interventions. The US enters a foreign territory in an attempt to “help” create stability, but instead creates instability. Once the US leaves that foreign territory, the people are left craving what the US introduced. First, analyze TWO passages in Lovelace’s story that highlight the lasting effect of US intervention in Trinidad. Secondly, answer the following question: is the desire to leave one’s native country portrayed as a positive decision or a form of abandonment in Lovelace′s story? Why?
