The United States of America cannot be seen as an entity within itself, but rather as one seething mass of different groups, each with it's own identity, each that has a distinguishing feature that separates it from all other groups; the country of their fore-fathers origin, in the instance of the novel being looked at (Another Country by James Baldwin) that would be African- American. The book is set in New York, a city often described as the 'Melting Pot,' this is because it is seen to attract all types of immigrants, from all over the world and seems to throw them all together until they have melted and become one identity, this, of course, is not always the case! As it has been seen, groups still attach their country of forefather's origin when describing themselves, this identity crisis has led the way for more theories on the 'Melting Pot' subject and as a result two more models have been made to describe this phenomenon. These two theoretical models of immigration are known as, the 'Tossed Salad' and the 'Cold M

Yet what of the issues that binds this disparate group of people together? Could it be them trying to find their own version of the American Dream? All societies in America aspire to the same ideal whatever they are, that if they work hard enough they will gain. Therefore, it can be said that Baldwin is actually using his characters to show the effects of the 'dream' onto different societal groups, how it turns sour for many, an example of this would be, Leona coming north to New York from the rural deep South, and consequently being sent back to a mental institution. Leona is fulfilling the need to leave the old and come to the new (as with all immigrants) yet Baldwin puts makes her go mad, he is saying that many people who are forced into certain orders can not handle it. 'At least' Cass said finally, 'you didn't have any children. Thank God for that.' 'She did,' he said, 'down South. They took the kid away from her.' He added, 'That's why she came North.'

This 'Cold Melting Pot' is exactly how Another Country could be described. Inside the novel a group of characters, each from their own group, have been thrown together, be it Rufus the African-American, Vivaldo the Irish-Italian or Leona the Southerner. They are friends, lovers, yet the distinguishing features of where they came from is always there,

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