Read this passage from "notes of a native son," in which the narrator reflects
on his father:
in my mind's eye i could see him, sitting at the window,
locked up in his terrors; hating and fearing every living soul
including his children who had betrayed him, too, by
reaching toward the world which had despised him.
in what way does this scene show one of the central ideas of james
baldwin's essay?

Which statement best describes a difference between the poem "ellis island" and the essay ": a native american view"? the poem discusses difficulties encountered by europeans, but the essay does not. the essay discusses the identity of the author, but the poem does not. the poem discusses immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but the essay does not. the essay discusses hopes for america, but the poem does not.