青少年經歷從童年到成年的動盪旅程是詹姆斯鮑德溫的《山巔宏音》和科爾森懷 特海德的《尼克男孩》的作品主題中心:約翰格萊姆斯忍受著牧師父親的殘暴和要求，艾 爾伍德被錯誤地指控犯有汽車盜竊罪，並被關押在尼克監獄，一個關押少年犯的腐敗國 家機構。在他們的成長之旅中，鮑德溫的約翰和懷特海德的艾爾伍德發展抵抗模式，以 便在否認個體和人性的統治環境下生存:約翰違背繼父的意願而皈依，而艾爾伍德逃離 尼克。約翰和艾爾伍德在生活中對壓迫性權威的反抗體現非裔美國人不懈地鬥爭系統 性種族主義。儘管這兩部小說出版相隔幾十年，約翰和艾爾伍德的苦難、反抗和自由的 分析展現懷特海德和鮑德溫的作品在呈現非裔美國青少年面對美國種族問題的不同但 互補的方面:鮑德溫的《山巔宏音》提供一種靈性願景和救贖，而懷特海德的《尼克男孩》 頌揚人類的堅韌和對真理的承諾。

The quintessential concept of an adolescent making the tumultuous journey from childhood to adulthood is the thematic center of both James Baldwin’s Go Tell It On the Mountain and Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys: John Grimes endures his father’s brutality and demands on him as a preacher’s son, and Elwood is falsely accused of car theft and imprisoned in Nickel, a corrupt state institution for incarcerated juvenile delinquents. On their journey to maturity, Baldwin’s John and Whitehead’s Elwood develop modes of resistance to survive in environments ruled by those who deny their individuality and humanity: John, with his conversion against the wishes of his stepfather, and Elwood, with his flight from Nickel. John’s and Elwood’s resistance to oppressive authorities in their lives exemplifies the African American community’s ceaseless fight against systemic racism. Although the novels were written decades apart, an analysis of John’s and Elwood’s suffering, resistance, and freedom shows how Whitehead’s and Baldwin’s works present differing yet complementary aspects of Black adolescents confronting America’s race issue: Baldwin’s Go Tell It On the Mountain provides a spiritual vision and redemption while Whitehead’s Nickel Boys celebrates human resilience and a commitment to truth.

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