Plot summary of another country by james baldwin

Standing above her, he laughs as everyone worries about her feeble heart. The Holy Ghost will cause that child to shrivel in your womb.вЂќ As she says this, she advances upon Tish, but Frank stands and slaps her to the floor. You have a demon in you-I always knew it. Hunt, on the other hand, condescendingly asks Tish who will be вЂњresponsibleвЂќ for the child, and when Tish says she and Fonny will take care of the baby, she says, вЂњI always knew that you would be the destruction of my son. When Tish finally tells the Hunts that sheвЂ™s pregnant, Frank is overcome with happiness and tells Joseph they should celebrate in the bars. Hunt is a judgmental and very strict religious woman, whereas heвЂ™s a heavy-drinking man who resents her. Part of this is due to the fact that Frank and his wife are constantly at odds, since Mrs. When FonnyвЂ™s family arrives, a palpable tension arises. Hunt, and his two sisters, Adrienne and Sheila. In fact, Sharon isnвЂ™t even surprised, and she urges Tish to refrain from feeling like a вЂњbad girl.вЂќ Later, Joseph, her father, echoes this sentiment, and TishвЂ™s sister, Ernestine, tells her to вЂњunbow head.вЂќ After TishвЂ™s family toasts to her pregnancy, Joseph calls Frank and tells him to come over, saying he should bring FonnyвЂ™s mother, Mrs. Tish goes home and tells her mother, Sharon, that sheвЂ™s pregnant, and it goes quite well. Although heвЂ™s overjoyed, he suddenly becomes serious and asks what sheвЂ™s вЂњgoing to doвЂќ about this, and she assures him everything will work out, insisting that heвЂ™ll be out of prison by the time she gives birth. вЂњDid you tell Frank?вЂќ he asks, referring to his father, and Tish tells him she hasnвЂ™t told anyone but him.

Through a glass divider, she tells Fonny sheвЂ™s pregnant with his child. Nineteen-year-old Tish visits Fonny, whoвЂ™s imprisoned in вЂњthe TombsвЂќ in Lower Manhattan.

Plot summary of another country by james baldwin