Go Tell It On A Mountain - Summary
1. Summary- The story starts by introducing the active role of church in John's and his family's life. Various activities occur on Sunday in church, such as school, hymns, and preaching. On the morning of his birthday, he wakes up to lay in bed, pondering on his past birthdays and events. He falls asleep to wake up late and head to breakfast. Roy's hardheaded personality is introduced here through an argument with his mother. The argument was based on their father, and his abusive behavior. After breakfast, John is assigned to sweep the front room, which is just one of his many labors around the house. He takes a pause to think of what kind of birthday this is, where no one even remembers it. But his mother comes through and gives him some change to get a gift for himself, so he runs out to the city. On his way there, rage fills him and he daydreams about the white folk in the city looking at him with respect. Respect of him because he'll own the city. Reality strikes him and he realizes that the people don't even notice him. After using the money for a movie, he arrives back at home finding out that Roy had been in an incident. His father, aunt, and mother have a dispute and then the next
day John heads to church early to open up and clean up. Him and Elisha (a brother and preacher of the church) have a talk. John is told to think about being saved, just as Elisha had been saved. Richard was put in prison after being framed for robbery and was soon released. But at this point, he was too depressed with life and stressed all the racism he felt. This resulted in suicide. Once again the book jumps, this time to when Florence would feel sorry for Elizabeth for her hard times. Then as Elizabeth goes through her past miseries, she hears a cry. It is John, on the threshing floor. She looks up and sees John lay astonished beneath the power of the lord. 1. Summary- This chapter begins from the viewpoint of Gabriel's mother. She is very worried as she waits for her son to return home. While Gabriel was out and about the city, he met this young lady, and due to his assumption of alcohol, he had sex with her. Later that night, Gabriel sits to contemplate his wrongdoing. After mixed emotions went through his mind, he ended up asking the lord for forgiveness. I believe this was the turning point of his life as he saw the way of the lord. But now the story jumps to when he is 21 years of age and is currently a preacher. On a sad note, his mother had died, but that is off set by meeting a woman whom he fell in love with, Deborah. Later, he receives an invitation to the Twenty-Four Elders Revival Meeting, which is an honor for him. This was an event that would go through 24 preachers; he was the 12th speaker. This was a good night to speak because he would be in the middle, if he did poorly, the 12 preachers after him will recover. The night in which he was to speak, anxiety and nervousness overwhelmed him, but with help from the presence of Deborah and of course God, he delivered an inspiring and profound sermon. The elders were impressed and even invited him to dinner that night. At the dinner table, an elder made a comment that offended Gabriel because it concerned his wife. It seemed as if a big scene would be inevitable, but things settle down as quickly as they arose. Mentioned in this chapter, is Esther. Gabriel had slept with this woman and is now trying to help her and her mother. They are invited to his sermon and there he attempts to speak with her mother. After begging (exaggerated) that Esther
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Approximate Word count = 1586
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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