The Fire Next Time

  FOR EXTRA CREDIT: Do YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH (Pick one) READ: Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. New York: Dial Press, 1963. https://archive.org/details/firenexttime00bald Describe Baldwin’s writing technique (his use of persuasive text) and explain whether or not it was successful in drawing the reader in to the text. • Many of the issues that Baldwin writes about in “My Dungeon Shook” are being talked about today within the Black Lives Matter Movement. Do you think that American race relations have gotten better? Why or why not?