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    In Berry by Langston Hughes‚ Milberry Jones is crippled by his race. For example‚ Berry is taken advantage of by being paid less. When Berry arrives by train at Dr. Renfield’s Summer Home for Crippled Children‚ Mrs. Osborn‚ the housekeeper at the Home‚ discusses Berry’s pay with Dr. Renfield‚ the doctor of the Home. Mrs. Osborn says the normal pay is ten dollars‚ but Dr. Renfield says “we’ll give the darkie eight [dollars]” (180). Berry is paid less because he is black‚ and he is unable to do anything

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    Milestone 3 lesson 10 Module Three: Lab Questions Your first lab link can be found at What is Positive Parenting? A written transcript is also available for this lab. 1. How is positive parenting different from negative parenting? Which do you think is more effective? Why? ~Positive parents differ from negative parents by the fact that positive parents give their child choices within a reasonable consideration of leeway so that a child feels that they have a say so in their life choices. 2

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    Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” creates strong impressions in the reader by the uses of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images. As we learned on Professor’s Minassian Podcast featured on “Eye on Literature” dated January 26‚ 2007‚ Langston Hughes “was born on February 12th 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. He published his first poem “Negro speaks of Rivers” in 1921. Hughes became a prominent writer during the Harlem Renaissance.” Today I intend to discuss the use of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images in the poem entitled

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    There are a lot of great poets‚ and among the greats is Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes’s poem “Theme for English B” talks about an essay he had to compose for his professor in college. The instructor informed the class that their essay should be one page and it should be about something deep. Hughes writes his essay based on his current background‚ his color‚ and how he is not different from the instructor‚ whom is white. Throughout his life Hughes experienced‚ racial and economic discrimination which

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    Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes The Harlem Renaissance brought about uniqueness amongst African Americans; everything was new. The visual art‚ the jazz music‚ fashion and literature took a cultural spin. During this time writer Langston Hughes seemed to outshine the rest with amazing works. The Harlem Renaissance brought about many great changes. It was a time for expressing the African American culture. It is variously known as the Harlem Renaissance‚ the Black Literary Renaissance

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    1. The theme of “I‚ Too”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is that African Americans are an integral part of American society and they deserve the right to live equally. The theme of “Harlem”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is that the dreams of African Americans are forgotten‚ pushed aside‚ and simply never achieved; even though African Americans are freed from oppression‚ they still face discrimination in the American society. 2. Two literary devices in “I‚ Too” are a metaphor and the use of repetition. There is

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    Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes are famous. Their races matter of what they wrote about in their poems because Walt Whitman is a white man and‚ white people had it better than black people.Some of those rights were that black people can not use the same bathroom. If you’re black you can not sit in the front of the bus and‚ if a white person tells you to get up or you will go to jail. Even though Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes saw their American dream different because their races made it that

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    made Langston Hughes who he is. Aforementioned to Hughes becoming a writer‚ when he was in eighth grade‚ the students of his class voted for him as the class poet and he believed it was because when it comes to poetry you need rhythm and being that his black of course he would have rhythm. His hypothesis was later proven wrong because he made friends easily and get along with the students around him. The teachers thought of him to be a superb writer as well. Being who he is Langston Hughes already

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    The similarity between both stories of Georges Orwell in shooting an elephant and Langston Hughes in the salvation showed that they both dealt with the issue of ‘’fitting in’’ in a very similar ways. Georges described to us the struggle that he faced when winning the mobs approval and respect when he shot down an innocent animal and sacrifices what he believed to be right while Hughes shows himself as a little boy at a church revival where he showed his owns behavioral tendencies toward obedience

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    Words of Wisdom “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair”. Mother to Son‚ written by Langston Hughes is a poem of a mother trying to give her child a heads up on life‚ and how hard it may get at times. Life has been difficult for her and she wants to make sure that her son will have a better life than the one that was given to her. She teaches him to have perseverance and make the right choices. Her words of wisdom are surely of an uneducated woman that has plenty of advice to offer. In this poem

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