This essay is critiquing the work of James Baldwin in his short writing "On the Painter Beauford Delaney ". It is a rhetoric analyisis of his work.

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"I want to be in the light, as you are in the light...." This song from the popular contemporary rock band DC Talk describes the desire to be pure and cleansed. Here, we find that the connotation of 'light' pertains to goodness or something holy. For example, God is in the light, of heaven. James Baldwin makes a similar connection in his writing On the Painter Beauford Delaney. He describes the feeling of being humbled …

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…to be in the light, as you are in the light. I want to shine the stars..." DC Talk provides a perfect foundation for the concept of light's deep meaning. James Baldwin simply expands and builds upon this principle. He engages us in the opportunity to discover and explore the painting of Beauford Delaney. While the reader may not be interested in art, they leave compelled by the painting, because of Baldwin's well written critique.