![]() Why does one critic claim Eric is "the key to this novel"?īarry Gross suggests "Eric is the key to this novel: he is the link between Vivaldo and Rufus and, consequently, between Vivaldo and Ida. His descriptions of city crowds are often negative: noisy, faceless revelers packing bars, citizens competing for space on streets and subways and parks, the 'aimless mob' always threatening to swallow up individual subjectivity." Critic Laura Fisher writes, "Baldwin’s postindustrial New York is more like a funhouse mirror reflecting back to his characters their hopes, desires, and pain in nightmarish distortion. The Black characters suffer from the effects of white supremacy, and the queer characters do not always find their true selves accepted. Nearly all characters, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, or gender, find it, at times, frightening, stifling, lonely, and/or harsh. ![]() ![]() ![]() Baldwin's view of New York City in the 1950s is not particularly positive. ![]()
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