John is torn between desperately wanting Gabriel’s approval and hating him. John’s father Gabriel is the master of the household and the embodiment of Pentecostal austerity, and John cannot understand why his father does not love him. The book was adapted into a made-for-television movie by the PBS in 1984 that was directed by Stan Lathan and starred Paul Winfield.īaldwin’s book is structured in three separate parts: the first and third parts are told from the perspective of John Grimes on his fourteenth birthday, while the middle section provides the reader with background context through the eyes of John’s father, mother and aunt. The book is a coming of age story about a black boy growing up in the 1930’s during the Harlem Renaissance, and struggling with themes like religion, family, guilt and sin. “Go Tell It On the Mountain” is the 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by American author James Baldwin.
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