How Do You Like Them Apples? A critical Analysis of Amiri Baraka's Dutchman

How Do You Like Them Apples? A Critical Analysis of Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman Composed during the writer’s so-called Transitional Period, Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman is a work that has confounded audiences with its political allusion to the biblical story of Adam and Eve, since its conception and presentation some 37 years ago. The writer’s own evolution is reflected in his protagonist’s movement away from the whipped and bound, assimilated Black …

…death of Clay. Clay was not strong enough to resist the siren song of the white woman or to react in time to be saved by the Black Nationalist warrior within. In addition to this truth, Jones makes it clear that the white woman is not the only burden the Black man must shed for his own survival sake. He must also let go of the white ideals that have shaped his de-evolution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**