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Part 02 ............................................................................................................................................ 7
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Part 01
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an English novelist, social critic, poet, essayist, and playwright.
LETTER FROM A REGION IN MY MIND is the long essay by the writer. The essay was first
published in New Yorker in 1963. The essay is basically about religious upbringing and how
different religions changed his state of mind. The essay contains three parts
The first deal with his growing up age and involvement in church
The third one is about the solutions to the racial conflicts in America.
Religious matters
When he was fourteen years he felt that nothing was changed regarding the religious matters. His
concepts related to religion was different at different times. Firstly he though as he was born with
the Christian religion and his nation also follows the Christianity, the religion in his sense was that
there is one God, with angels and saints and the burning Hell. All that was the religion for him. He
noticed that the prosecution, pimps, and call girls were getting in the society and the children from
the holy family were also trying to involve in these activities. He felt uncomfortable and realized
that he was also becoming the part of the world whose heat was more intense than the hell’s fire.
He discussed some different changes that he said frightened him that was the behavior of the girls
and boys in the society. Although both were showing different attitude and act but boys changed
more. The boys were more teasing and criticizing like they said “you better be thinking about your
soul” that no one can calm them rather they criticize other if someone wants to guide them. Girls
were understanding about the bad result on one misstep and were considering the importance of
Burning time
According to the writer, it was the burning time when the girls want to get fat like mother and the
boys wanted to do the same what their father was doing on that time. The interest for schools was
getting less and boys switched off the school and went for work. His father also asked him to do
the same as other fellows were doing but his concept was different and thought that the education
can change him. Boys were taking part in the social get-together, where they drink whiskey, beer
or other alcoholic drinks, tend to chit chat, criticize and even start fighting during these get-
togethers. According to him it was the bad and burning time and seems nothing can remove this
cloud between the good and bad, love and life. During Second World War, all boys get to spread
some took part in the war, some remain in same bar activities while other along with the writer
There was the silent war between black and white Americans. Negroes were given no love and
care by the nation. The Black people felt inferior as were treated like slaves as compared to white
who had many activities to do like learning. It was the time of the sins, everywhere there was
crime, wines, whores and pimps, there was no care for newborn babies, the boys were shot dead
like there were no rules for the Negroes they were considered as the slaves and inferior. On the
other hand, white people love each other and to the other people, have positive attitude and
activities.
White people had different standards of living do not feel good that the Black people also had
same living styles. They were doing odd things and were assigned specific places to live in. the
writer and his family were an inhabitant in Harlem. Negroes who do not involve themselves in the
crime prefer to go to the church to understand the Christianity values.God fearing people and
parents show their child the way to the religion. James Baldwin was sincere about the religion, he
did not want that white person fear them or considered negroes inferior. He wanted to show them
and did not allow anybody to say him anything related to his skin. As there were so many dangers
around he thought to involve in church and thought it was his gimmick that is to attract other
As he started this mission, he realized that he didn’t have strong capabilities. His knowledge was
poor and did not have command on the religion. At that time he became disappointed as he though
he didn't dance or do what he wanted to grow with other people. He was considering himself
nothing and there was the fire setting in his mind. He thought what other people say about him
leading to him the sense of depravity that is to withstand the conditions and to remove negativity
from the society. At last, he decided to face the fears and to fight against the problems that the
Firstly he felt disappointed because of his capabilities and fear present in him but he got some
energy into him and tried to search and wanted to release all the fear factors from him for the fight
to provide the right of living to the Black people. He met with different people, during his research,
he realized that White people have poor knowledge about the religion. Do not know much related
to Christianity.
Meeting with Muslim leader
During the course of his search, he found some beliefs of the Muslim community. He listened the
and tried to understand what they about their religion. He met to Elijah Muhammad the Muslim
leader of that times. When he heard him the first time, his speech did not attract him as he thought
it was totally changed from his beliefs. Two things made him listen to the Muslim leader that is
the police didn’t stop anyone going into the crowd either black or white and he noticed that
different people from different societies came to attend the call from the Muslim leader.
As the Islam is considered as a doctrine, historical and divine proof, the most of the speeches were
about the negative rule of white people against the others. The main purpose of the Elijah was to
convert man towards the right, women to the virtuous side, people who are doing crime to make
them, good people. The speeches gave the people hope but it was the challenge, the James thought
either that preacher would able to bring the change in the evil society or not.
While going through these movements he was invited by the Muslim leader for the purpose of the
betterment of the country as well as the problems present in the country. He was afraid of that
royal presence and also the tension and fear present in him between love and war, pain, and rage,
being from the depressed nature there was reservations and fear to meet such personality. He was
late from the time given to him. As he reached there a smiley faced about 30 years man welcomed
him and took him inside. There was the environment of the peace and respect. Well dressed men
and women were present women on one side while men on the other side of the room. The
personality of Elija was inspiring he was short height with a slim face and the beautiful smile.
Elijah asked him that he saw him on television is not yet brainwashed and wanted to remain in
himself. His way of speaking was very polite and his expression was so kind to everyone. The
main purpose of the preaching to bring Negros towards the Islam so that they can also rule in the
country. As there was injustice in the country and different rules were applied for different color
people.
As in the struggle of getting rights he left the church for twenty years and just focus on writing so
when the Elijah asked him about his religion then he was quiet as he didn’t go to the church. He
had no religion. The meeting gave him some hope. He thought the Muslim movement would be
able to give the Negros right and give them a proper life and necessities what they wanted.
Different movements were going on that time. People wanted peace and relief in spending good
quality time. The need of the time was that to that black and white spent the time together and
works in every aspect for the success of the country. The writer thought that people who suffer,
who faced always win and can do something for the success of the nation. The God has created to
bear the challenges to get the success otherwise the strong ruled and the people with no courage
always see the downfall. So it is important to face the challenges and the sufferings for the
The essay is about the religion and the difference present between black and white
Americans. The meeting of the James with the Muslim leader was critical and expressed in
different ways. To rewrite his feelings was bit difficult. His feelings were scolding and so
meaningful it was hard to judge what he thought and what he would take after the meeting
with the leader. He was confused that how the leader can change the difference and will
resolve the problem between Negros and the white Americans. His confusion based on that
To understand the confusion and feelings was difficult to change and understand. It was hard to
describe the belief about Black God and all the black Muslims ruled the Islam and Islam would
rule all over the world. There was the confusion about the Black in it as not 100 percent Muslims
are black color variations exist among the Muslims. The Negros were ignored in every field of the
life they didn’t have right to study or stand with the white people. They didn’t go to the schools
instead visit the bars or casinos for the wastage of time and tend to criticize and fight with each
other. Most of them were frightened and shot to dead in any case.
It was to understand to understand the writer's caliber against the Muslim leader discussion, that
what he felt and thought and how the leader’s assumption come true regarding white and Black
Americans. His feelings when the Elijah Muhammad described the Mary he first saw the public
and then towards the face of the Elijah that whatever he explained was right. He didn’t discuss any
wrong thing related to religion or white and black discrimination. In the society, it is dangerous
when he has nothing to lose that is its value is lowered down in the nation.
The whole essay relates to the difference and discrimination between the white and black
Americans. It was easy to change and rewrite about the earlier life and thoughts of the writer. He
explained clearly about the bad situations he felt and changes he wanted to bring in the society. As
he was born in the Christian family and showed his interest regarding the religion. As the situation
was getting worst day by day Americas were becoming dominant to the Negros. They had right to
live, get education, love other and whatever they wanted to do while the Black people were ignored
they didn’t go to school, they were ignored and usually police beat them for an unknown cause.
The young boys were getting involved in alcohol drinking activities, fighting and criticizing each
other, while the girls were getting involvement in whores and pimps, they wanted to become
women like their mothers and boys wanted to follow those aspects as their father were doing.
The writer on watching that situation didn’t follow his age fellows but took the decision to go to
the church and got interested in the religion and started to understand the Christianity. As he was
feeling that the things were going wrong he decided to face the challenges regarding fear and
discrimination and thought to not to give up and felt determined. All this type of feelings of the
writers were easy to describe he clearly explained about his thoughts and ideas regarding to bring
change in the nation, he took help with the pen and became writer he didn’t focus on religion rather
he wanted to write to get inspiration and wanted that person could read his ideas to bring about the
change. He took part in various movements and visited several places to enhance his knowledge.
The religion and the color discrimination plays an important role in the building of any nation
along with the government. If the rulers are strong and they care for their nation then the country
will progress within days and the opposite happens if the rulers do not care and start differentiating
among the people of the country. Previously the same thing was seen in America, the white
Americans considered themselves superior and thought they only had a right of living, loving and
getting the right education. They didn’t feel for the lower personalities especially the black people.
They felt that Black people didn’t have the right to lead a respectable life, as a result, the Negros
started feeling inferior involved in the crime and evil activities, they left the schools and get into
the negative activities. In this way, two nations build in the country and gave the negative
impression and the country may lose the prosperity. In order that the nation gets successful, it is
the duty of the ruler or the Government to finish the difference between the superior and inferior
and must consider that all are equal nor black or white neither Christian, Muslims or Jewish. To
live in the single state , all the men and women are equal and has the right to live the same life.
It is the duty of the government to build such schools that allow the children of all the family
learn in an equal and same environment so that the coming generation do not have conflicts on the
black and white but they all play and read in a friendly environment. In this way, it will give
benefits for the nation. In other sectors of the company the same rule is focused so that the every
department work in peace and the calm environment without any tension during work hours.
People also have right to believe in what religion that they want no one has right to interfere
regarding the religion. So the country giving their people the religious independence also had a
successful and happy nation. As previously in America the people with the Christian religion also
considered themselves superior as compared to other religions so that there were the problems of
the nation and every time the country was in the state of the war.
So the finishing of such discrimination provides positive results and the successful nation will
the writer didn’t want to give up and to fight aginst the fear and dominance, the writer became
To get rid of the problem, all the Black people from all the nation must show positive attitude
without negativity. There must present a leader who can guide them against the dominance and
start some positive movements to change the attitude and behavior of the white behavior.
The movements give the strength to the black people so that to bring in the change. The leader can
also impose to the parents to send their children back to the schools and towards the church so that
they should have fear of God and hellfire. These movements help the government to understand
the difference between the nation and black and white people. These types of the movement help
in the progress of the nation and no one can feel inferior or superior.
Different education system regarding finish the discriminant between white and black so that
white don't consider themselves superior while the black does not think that they are inferior. The
leader can help to realize the government that all the people living in the nation are equal no one
is superior and inferior but equal in action and have same rights to live with equal respect and
need. The idea of the positive leadership and movement gives everyone right so that can live
confidence in nature and can lead to the life of own choice. As the American black negros were
suffering from inferiority complex and were striving to get right if such implementations are
applied then the everyone can live the best life. Now the system is getting stronger and nation
elected the black as their prime minister or Barack Obama was their previous president from2008
to 2016).
Some of the views and ideas are given in the essays are different and may counter the nature
phenomenon. The writer's views on the religion and about the God conflicts in some way. The
God is no color but no one can see the God it is the belief and the faith. As the writer says that
there is the Black God for the black people and people worship the God according to the color.
His thoughts that the Negros had black God is wrong. No one can see the God and it is one believe
that he prays and worship the God who is present everywhere in the world. Everyone in the world
has their own style of praying and worship. So this is the nature to show the love and affection for
the creator of the universe who gives all the blessings present in the world. Some people are more
towards the God are considered as down to the earth while other has forgotten their faith and
religion and busy in worldly activities. Same was the situation in the history. White Americans did
not know the basic elements of the religion and just know that they are Christians.
In a similar way, the Black one also forgets about their God due to ignorance from the society and
considered that God from the Black come to resolve their issues. So to consider that every color
nation has own color God is wrong. One must have complete faith that only one God exist who
controls the universe He is the creator and the Master of the universe. No one can see him it's just
the belief of the person, stronger the faith more is the satisfaction of the person. So no black or
white God only the One God who is not visible but present in the heart and fulfills the desires of
the person and give according to what the man do in his life.
Part 03
Revision is the mother of knowledge anyone who does additional revision strengthens its
knowledge. If we just read, write and go on without passing through it once again, we may forget
everything. That's why lecturers give us additional tasks to revise what we have already studied.
Revision truly intends to "see once more," to take a gander at something from a new, basic
exploring your proof, refining your motivation, rearranging your presentation, resuscitating stale
exposition.
"To change ten circumstances is not irregular. Goodness, trouble the wreckage, check them as
much as you prefer; what else would they say they are for? Stamp everything that strikes you.
What's more, it is the last 2% that has the effect amongst incredibleness and average quality”
Revision process is much essential before submitting any of your task or assignment to your
teacher. Likewise, in case of students, perfection isn’t inhibited in anyone’s mind or in short we
can say no one is 100% perfect. If someone writes anything, he should read it at-least for a single
time so that if there’s any mistake, it should be corrected. Each teacher has his own plan. It depends
on the subject too. For example, if students learn languages, then the teacher should give revising
exercises, then students should do presentations to show their speaking skills and then they can
Student: It depends. I changed the closure of Farewell to Arms, at-last, 39 times before I was
fulfilled.
Inspector: Was there some specialized issue there? What was it that had befuddled you?
Ensuring your primary point is clear amid the modification procedure includes looking at
your postulation explanation. Perused your presentation section, and put the paper aside. Can you
condense your theory and the principle focuses to bolster it? Does the presentation let you know
what you can hope to peruse in whatever remains of your paper? In the event that you can't answer
yes to those inquiries, invest some energy clearing up your postulation and modifying your
presentation section.
Correcting syntactic and spelling blunders is an essential part of the amendment procedure. In the
event that sentence structure is not your solid suit, consider approaching another person to edit it
for you, or take it to a composition place for survey. You need your last update to be free of both
sorts of these mistakes. A few subjects are managed from one specific viewpoint. You could
enhance your exposition and get the analysts attention by presenting an option viewpoint, where
important. Work on composing at speed under exam conditions. It is helpful to get another person's
conclusion on these completely composed answers a while later. Your coach might be set up to do
this, generally, request that companions take a gander at them. Ensure you are checking the spelling
of all words in light of the fact that most spell checkers don't discover all incorrectly spelled words,
absent or copy words or mistaken words that outcome from grammatical mistakes. Likewise
Four Main things come to mind while talking about Revision Process:
A large number of us feel that we have without a doubt said what we proposed to state. When we
read our papers, we can fill in any gaps that may exist in our contentions with the data that we
have in our brains. The issue is that our peruses here and there don't have this data as a main
priority. They fall into the openings of our contentions, and they can't get out. It's vital, along these
lines, to ponder what you have said - and to think similarly as precisely about what you haven't
said
With a specific end goal to build up a basic eye, it's just as imperative to know when you've
composed well as it is to know when you've composed inadequately. It helps, thusly, to make a
rundown of what you think you've done well in your draft. It's additionally useful to select your
most loved or most grounded passage. When you've found a decent section, or sentence, or
thought, consider why it's great. You'll not just be picking up a comprehension of writing
admirably,
3. What are the actual shortcomings of my paper which I actually want to convey?
Searching for shortcomings isn't as fun as searching for qualities; however, it's important to the
modification procedure. Once more, attempt to make a rundown of what you haven't done well in
this paper. Your rundown ought to be as particular as you can make it. Likewise compel yourself
to figure out which section (or sentence) you like minimum in the paper. Make sense of why you
don't care for it, what's more, work to improve it. At that point retreat through your paper and
A similar way you get better than average at golf, piano, or a computer game do it frequently.
Consider amendment important, be restrained, and set exclusive expectations for yourself. Here
are three more tips: The more you deliver, the more you can cut. The more you can envision
yourself as a peruse taking a gander at this interestingly, the simpler it will be to spot potential
issues. The more you request of yourself as far as clarity and style, the all the clearer and rich
you're composing will be. Although you may write or read the same thing over and over again but
the fact is that you learn a lot from revision. It helps you to understand the material and go deeper
into the details. Ideas should be concise but enough to be understood. Talking about academic
procedure, Revision process helps out in eliminating up the grammatical errors should be corrected
A University Student expressed his views about revision process as when I first learned about
revising the things. I believed that there was something unrealistic about inspiration. Something
like I was just assuming without any practical approach. Now I have learned to check my work
with a deep analysis. I realize that I can improve on all of my so-called "inspired ideas."
Following are the views of different people upon taking a general survey from different community
people:
Revision is not that pleasant process, but I find solutions to make it interesting. For
example, I write ideas, words and do some concepts in colorful pencils and pens. It makes my
papers more colorful and it motivates me. So, no matter I like revision or not, I need to do it if I
If you revise the way you think about something you modify your musings for the most
part with a specific end goal to improve them or more suited to how things are. When you revise
for an examination, you read things again and make notes in order to be prepared for the
examination.
When my teachers give me common tasks and don't give instructions I don't like doing
revision. In this case I prefer having my own plan instead. As for me, the revision must be more
interesting than the whole studying process itself, but the majority of teachers ignore this. they
give us uninteresting strings of exercises which can even annoy me. So, why don't they think out
of the box to make it both useful and fascinating? So, they can think of various games, active
Revision must be as active as possible. Passive and dull approaches don't attract.
Another survey was made upon asking the people how to obtain an accurate and efficient essay or
article. Reviews:
Perused through the article more than once and concentrate on a particular bit of the
exposition amid every read. For example, concentrate on moves between sentences amid the
principal correction. At that point, amid the following read-through, concentrate on general
so that the exposition can be drawn closer with a crisp personality and new eyes for better
amendment. The more drawn out an author can hold up, the better, however any measure of time
makes a difference.
Types of Revision:
This sort of amendment includes taking a gander at the whole paper for spots where you're
supposing appears to go astray. You may need to give confirm, characterize terms, or add a totally
new stride to your thinking. You may even choose to rebuild or modify your paper totally on the
off chance that you find another thought that interests you, or a structure that is by all accounts
Small-scale update needs to happen when you realize that a specific piece of your paper
isn't working. Possibly the presentation needs work. Possibly one a player in the contention appears
to be frail. Once you've found the issue, you'll concentrate on reexamining that one area of your
paper. When you are done you will need to reexamine your paper in general to ensure that your
Altering: -
Too frequently understudies mistake altering for amendment. They are not the same forms.
Altering is the way toward discovering minor issues with content - issues that may effectively be
settled by erasing a word or sentence, cutting and gluing a passage, et cetera. When you alter, you
are thinking about you peruse. You may be content with how you've composed your paper, yet
will you peruse discover your paper clear, comprehensible, intriguing? How might you modify the
paper with the goal that it is clearer, more compact, and, most critical of every one of the, a joy to
peruse?
Proofreading
When you edit you are searching for slip-ups in your paper. Regular oversights discovered in
editing are accentuation blunders, spelling mistakes, and so on. At the point when you edit, you
have to back off your perusing, permitting your eye to concentrate on each word, each expression
of your paper. Perusing out loud can help you back off, directing your consideration toward
blunders that have gone inconspicuous. Likewise, Spell Check. Teachers are less lenient of
spelling mistakes and grammatical errors than they were prior to the development of this
Conclusion is additionally part of the amendment procedure. At the point when taking a
gander at the conclusion, consider whether it is moved down by the substance of your paper? Does
it compress your postulation and the primary focuses? Does it leave you peruses with something
to consider in the wake of perusing the whole paper? Is the postulation settled in some mold? Keep
in mind your decision is the last opportunity to leave an impression with peruses, so ensure it is
You ought to participate in the correction procedure over a more drawn out timeframe. Attempting
to pinpoint every one of the zones that need change in one read-through of your paper is not just
while perusing your words boisterously. Make notes where upgrades are required. In the wake of
working through one amendment, put the paper aside, and after that experience the procedure once
more. Hope to finish a few correction drafts as you work to conclude your paper, never forgetting
In this story, the writer is illustrating the Metaphor “Injured man wants to know he can still Roar.”
Randy is in the same position like an injured lion as he is suffering from pancreatic cancer. The
writer is using a high level of symbolism in the story. Randy does not want to be like an injured
lion as he has a lot of responsibilities that he has to deliver. Lion’s roaring is symbolizing Randy’s
social responsibilities and his injury is symbolizing Randy’s illness. Randy does not want his
illness to come in the way of his responsibilities as he is a married man. He has a wife and kids.
He wants to give them all they need like a healthy man. He does not want their special days and
moments being ruined by his illness as he also wants to live these last moments like a perfectly
healthy man. He wants to be brave during his fight with the disease. The writer wants to say that,
there comes a point in our life when we all fell down like the injured line but it is better to have
courage like a lion and we have to pick our self-up with a roaring sound to perform our social
duties.