Go Tell It On The Mountain
main characters
Grimes Family, John Grimes
Rip's impressions
After Wright and Ellison, Baldwin had to find a new story to tell about his American culture, and he succeeds with much more harsh beauty than his predecessors. To read this is to see much of what went into Morrison's later success in her own story telling.
first line
Everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father.
last lines
(spoiler alert)
‘I’m ready,’ John said, ‘I’m coming. I’m on the way.’
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