Notes of a Native Son
...he ¡§beautiful¡¨ quality hidden deep inside him. And since ¡§it had to do with [his father¡¦s] blackness¡¨, according to Baldwin, it makes the readers wonder how the blackness of Baldwin¡¦s father affects his life. But although Baldwin¡¦s father was proud of his blackness, the impact it had on his life was not so pleasant: ¡§it had also been the cause of much humiliation and it had fixed bleak boundaries to his life.¡¨ However, despite the ¡§many kinds of ruin¡¨ Baldwin¡¦s father ¡§had already suffered¡¨, he still stood firm. He stepped through the challenges and proved to be unwavering. In addition, he is a father who loves his children. But in Baldwin¡¦s eyes, his father never succeeded in establishing contact with the children. Although his father tried to play with the children, tried to help them with their homework, and tried to bring a surprise home, it often did not work out. It would either cause the children to become fretful, result in a punishme...