I do not want to take advantage of what God has promised me, but I also do not want to set expectations and limits on his forgiveness. ... People must take note and notice all that I have accomplished and if not, I get angry and resentful. ... We are all here for God's Great Commission and when we all take steps to further his Commission, Heaven rejoices. ... He does not set limits or expectations on his sons. ...
His brother always had expectations for him as he began to grow older. ... Baldwin set the story in the heart of Harlem since he knew it well: Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent-which attitude certainly has a great deal to support it.... He confides in the music, letting his imagination run free as he plays the musical bars and accents each and every note. All the experiences with the heroin and the brothers seperation were gone: the "great block of ice"(Baldwin 281) that flows through...
