Original sentence: Baldwin develops his argument in both essays: throughout the entirety of the first, and in the extended middle section of the second.In both pieces the author writes at times with anger and at other times with compassion to describe how it feels to live the life of a Negro in confrontation with racism.The first of these three points is a personal perspective on the experience of being a Negro in America at that time.The other young men in attendance at the dinner are, in many ways, portrayed similarly to the author's nephew.Themes other than "the Negro problem" (a euphemism for racial tension) explored by the book include an examination of the ineffectiveness of religious faith and of intergenerational influences and relationships
Edited sentence: In both pieces of writing, the author speaks eloquently, at times with anger and at other times with an almost desperate compassion, of how it feels to live the life of a Negro, with all the racist connotations of that word intact.The first of these three points is a personal perspective on the experience of being a Negro in America at that time and is developed in both essays: throughout the entirety of the first, and in the extended middle section of the second.The other young men in attendance at the dinner are, in many ways, portrayed similarly to the author's nephew; the writing in the section is a similarly phrased and felt plea for broader perspective, deeper thought, and greater understanding.Themes other than "the Negro problem" (a euphemism for racial tension) explored by the book include an examination of the shallowness and ineffectiveness of religious faith and of intergenerational influences and relationships