Question

Which best explains why Baldwin uses a problem/solution structure to write about his relationship with his father in Notes of a Native Son? Baldwin wants to demonstrate why he had not known his father very well and why they “had got on badly.” Baldwin wants to chronicle the “many kinds of ruin” suffered by his father because of racial prejudice. Baldwin wants to explain the experiences that led him to choose to live with a “heart free of hatred and despair.” Baldwin wants to compare and contrast “the vice of stubborn pride” that both he and his father share.

Answer 1

I think it would be this line: Baldwin wants to explain the experiences that led him to choose to live with a “heart free of hatred and despair.”

Baldwin believes that both the White and Black Americans are just the same. They have the same values, same wants, and needs. In this manner, he was able to explain his reasons as well as provide the solution for the racial discrimination and segregation.