The same day his father died, his sister was born, and he turned nineteen. Does the idea of rebirth/coincidence have anything to do with how he slowly starts to become like his father as he grows older?

Is the fact that the father died when the new child was born was meant to be a symbolic passing of the torch to the son. Now it is the sons responsibility to teach the child in his own way, or will he adopt his father’s way of raising children

Baldwin talked mostly about his father, what role does the mother play? Why did he not care for his mother who had just gave birth to his baby sister and instead went drinking and partying for his birthday?

Do you think that culture can really be changed? Especially in a country like the US, where people from all different places are gathered and lived?

Father vs. son

…even if the younger generations are willing to change, what about the older generations? And what do they consider as change? Do the older generations really want change?

Does he only want to hold on to the hatred he has towards his father so he wont need to deal with the pain and grief you feel when you lose someone you love dearly?

Was Baldwin taking on the mentality of his father when he became extremely angry and hostile towards the waitress?

The relationship between the son and the father was not good at first because the son hated his father for acting a certain way, but as the son got older and his father’s death became near, he began to experience the real world and what his father was trying to teach him. On the same day his father died, his mother gave birth. If he were to say something about their father to his youngest sibling, what will it be? Will he act the way his father did when he was young towards his youngest sibling?

Why is it only after the death of his father did he see his father in a different light?

EDIT: I misread the date on the syllabus so I ended up writing this on the wrong story

Does the narrator actually know this girl or is he just writing the story of someone he randomly saw and made up a story for?

The narrator never mentions actually meeting this girl.

What are the consequences if a child doesn’t achieve or go through this “liberation of an individual” from his parents?