'Theme For English B' By Langston Hughes

In the poem, “Theme for English B” the writer, Langston Hughes, is known as an African American poet and author who joined other black artists to break literary barriers during the civil rights movement. The poem was written thirty years or so after the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, but still symbolizes why the Renaissance had originated in the first place. I believe this poem reflected on Hughes' life in general, but more importantly on the fight against the ignorance that created discrimination. Hughes was an individual in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of African-American literature and an artistic form in Manhattan during the 1920s. Not only did his writing encourage the African-American culture, but it came out to bring attention to the dilemma of the
The comparisons and contrast between “Theme for English B” and my experiences in my English class are both experiences having to write a diagnostic essay and not having that many colored people in a classroom and Hughes being one of the few colored people in his classroom, while in my point of view, I am one of the many whites in my classroom. One of the similarities between “Theme for English B” and my own personal experience is writing an essay in class on the beginning of English B. Another similarity of the poem and my own experience in college is that they both have a few colored people in a classroom filled with white people. The difference between Hughes’ and my personal experience with English class and school in general is that he is a colored man in a classroom filled with whites; however, in my classroom, I am one of the many whites with a few colored people. Langston Hughes’ experience is similar and different to my experience in college even though they are both fifty years