The following student sample papers are literary analysis papers focused on characterization. These papers were focused on a character‚ Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones‚ in Langston Hughes’ short story entitled "Thank You‚ Ma’m." Paper #1 "Thank You‚ Ma’m" Langston Hughes‚ the author of this inspirational short story "Thank You Ma’m‚" creates a strong‚ admirable personality in Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones‚ one of two of the main characters. She has the privilege of changing the lifestyle
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During the Harlem Renaissance white art enthusiast aided the development of black artist‚ by funding these artists. The Blues I’m Playing by Langston Hughes is a short story where a young African American pianist‚ Oceola Jones‚ who studies music under the patronage of Dora Ellsworth. Dora is a wealthy‚ white middle aged‚ widow with no children. Langston Hughes uses this connection between these characters to express the meaning of the blues. The meaning blues isn’t very clear until the very end
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"Children‚ I come back today./ To tell you a story of the long dark way./ That I had to climb‚ that I had to know./ In order that the race might live and grow." --Langston Hughes. In his poem "The Negro Mother"‚ Hughes describes the prejudices and the struggles his mother faced growing up in a time of segregation. Hughes illustrates the depressing lifestyle the blacks lead by symbolizing their lives as a "long dark way". Similarly‚ in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee teaches about the
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Langston Hughes wrote three poems‚ “Will V-Day be Me Day Too?” ”A Dream Deferred‚ ¨ and ¨I‚ Too‚ Sing America¨ uses language to create two tones in the three poems. In ¨V-Day Be Me Day Too?¨‚ it talks about how much African Americans have suffered and done with being discriminated because they have a different race and color. Also‚ in ¨A Dream Deferred¨‚ it talks about a dream‚ that if that dream can be accomplished or will it be unaccomplished. Lastly‚ ¨I‚ Too‚ Sing America¨‚ it talks about why
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"Thank You M’am" by Langston Hughes is a realistic fiction short story about a scrawny boy named Roger and a black lady named Mrs. Jones. After Roger attempts to steal Mrs. Jones money to buy shoes she handles the matter herself by kicking him to the ground. She then takes him to her house‚ cleans him up‚ feeds him‚ and teaches him right from wrong. Langston Hughes‚ the author of "Thank You M’am"‚ teaches us that you should give people second chances. You can tell the second chance Mrs. Jones gave
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misfortune they endured? Langston Hughes was at the forefront of written expression during Harlem Renaissance. It was a time of a proverbial rebirth. The black community was seeing an in fulmination of the fine arts‚ and with that they had a platform to discuss relevant events in their communities. Langston Hughes rectified the way African Americans were portrayed in literature. Instead of being the token black friend who was less than their white counterpart‚ the black people in Hughes writings were three
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Biographical and Historical Approach to Langston Hughes’ "Dream Boogie" Michelle Cooks ENG Teacher January 30‚ 2012 A biographical or historical approach attempt to measure how much an author’s life or history has influenced their writings. Most of the time‚ writings are strengthened when the author writes from a biographical or historical angle‚ and the importance of their history becomes significant when it is used to create characters that express it’s values and examines trends that occur
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Brandon Mortland Mrs. Rude H. English 10-1-14 Literary Analysis Everyone deserves a second chance whether or not they have and a grim or favorable past. Thank You Ma’am‚ written by Langston Hughes‚ is about a young boy named Roger who has an unfortunate life but soon messes with the wrong or maybe right lady that has a goal to straighten him out. In Thank You Ma’am Mrs. Louella Bates Washington Jones decides to give Roger‚ a poor kid that has resulted to street theft‚ a second chance to correct
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to her childhood. In the story Thank You Ma’am‚ by Langston Hughes‚ a fictional story about a boy named Roger was poor and he wanted some shoes. While Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones was walking on the street‚ Roger ran and tried to snatch her purse. The outcome was not what Roger had hoped. And hopefully he learned a lesson. Lot’s of innocent people get caught doing the wrong thing and in the fictional story Thank You Ma’am‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the theme is to show the reader that there is always
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Langston Hughes was a famous African American poet‚ and novelist. Langston was born February 1‚ 1902 in Joplin‚ MO and soon after he was born his parents James Hughes‚ and Carrie Langston had separated. They both end up leaving him behind his dad took off to Mexico and didn’t return‚ and his mom end up moving. So he had to end living with his grandmother her names was Mary but she end up dying in his early teens. Hughes end up moving with back with his mom which the moved to several cities before
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