Baldwin on Uncle Tom's Cabin

In Baldwin 's opinion, the protest novel is always the same, which means that they are always sentimental, which is equivalent to being fraudulous and cruel. Mr. Baldwin said, "A parading of fickle sentiments, excessive false emotions are a sign of dishonesty and can not be felt, disgusted with aversion to experience, fear of life, drought, so it is always It is a secret, violent inhuman signal and a cruel mask. "Then his article continued to attack protest novels written by Harriet Beecher Stow in the form of an Uncle Tom's hut.

After the light, James Baldwin and Ismail Reid are one of the famous writers who avoided Uncle Tom. Baldwin made a famous accusation of Stow in his 1952 paper "Everyone's Protest Novel". "Tom's hut is a very bad novel," Baldwin wrote, and the sentimental and unduly emphasized character does not affect the lives of African Americans. His example is Tom's uncle, he calls it "black, hairy, and illiteracy". Tom's mission in life is to anticipate - accepting rather than challenging him. "Bao Weiwen wrote," the "protest" novel "is far from disturbing and is an accepted and comfort aspect of the American scene"

Naturally, some writers took an exception. James Baldwin's Prose "Everyone's Protest Novel" (1949) and "Tens of millions" (1951) denied the tradition of the entire protest novel, from Uncle Tom's hut to the indigenous son. In the opinion of Baldwin, the protest novel removes personality from humanity by putting personal psychology and experience into a sociological summary. Baldwin considers this novel a prospect from a personal point of view. It may argue how Baldwin accurately described the lights and other protesters, but it is clear that these two articles foretold the nature of Baldwin's own novel and prose.

James Baldwin included "classic anti-emotional thesis" everyone's protest novel "," gentleman "and" uncle Tom "" the best year of our life "The cottage is a shame list. According to Baldwin, they are all free art that can not feel sick. He is only a bit right. Yes, Best Years is a common and direct romance, if not due to its melancholy score, satirical conversation, end war performance, unfinished closing. As its sentiments have been alleviated, confused, and contaminated, I always think that I can say "yes" at the end of the movie. Yes: Work is a relief for garbage dumping, love is a long-running struggle, it may take years to reach anywhere, but this is the case. This is what I was about to touch, my hand on the screen.