Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin6/19/2023 In fact, we learn that he has a girlfriend named Hella that he proposed to before she went to Spain. Though he hangs out with a bunch of gay men, he acts as though he's really interested in women. He lets Jacques, an older gay man, buy him drinks, loan him money, and fawn over him, but David never goes any further. Conflict David's relationship with Giovanniīefore Giovanni, David is a tease. Both running from and searching for something, he decides to leave Brooklyn for Paris. From this point on, David becomes distant from his family and perhaps also from himself. Though he likes Joey, he refuses to accept the consequences of what that means. Perhaps the key event here is David's fling with a boy named Joey. We learn that he grew up without a mother, and that his relationship with his father was strained. It is David's first reminiscence that sets the stage for everything else that will happen in the novel. Initial Situation David's youth in Brooklyn and flight to Paris
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