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    This movement originated in New York‚ creating the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes was one of the artists that described the distress of an African American through poetry. Hughes’ poem‚ “Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too?”‚ illustrated the struggle for equality African Americans still face‚ before and after the war‚ regardless of the civil duties they made for their own country. Hughes poem describes the times during the second World War. During this war‚ African American soldiers

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    life is fine by langston Hughes is a fairly long narrative poem when an abac rhyme scheme.in this poem Hughes uses extended metaphor to compare life in the 1940’s to suicide and racism. in life is fine Hughes spoke about suicide and racism for young black males and black people in general. Hughes uses an extended metaphor to effectively compare life in the 1940’s to racism:"ill be dogged my sweet baby‚if you gonna see me die".we have all felt like someone didn’t like you because the way you are

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    Let it be the dream it used to be” (Hughes). Langston Hughes said this in his poem “Let America be America again.” Hughes is conveying that the American Dream has changed from when it was the goal of every person in America and coming to America. The American Dream is what motivated people to come to the new world and start their lives with equal opportunity. It has evolved along with the ideals of the nation into “the dream that’s almost dead today”(Hughes). Although the American Dream is harder

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    In the short poem “Mother to Son”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the mother is revealed to have many unique traits about her that maker her a diligent person. The poem has many metaphors that show the mother is a hard-working‚ persistent‚ determined‚ and strong person who endures her troubles she faces in her lifetime. The mother is stated to be an insistent woman that went through many hard struggles and teaches her son to be assiduous to get through the struggles he might encounter just like how she did

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    Biographical Criticism Upon reading the opening of Langston Hughes poem‚ I recognized that there was a lot going on. It can be first noticed that this is an assignment given to him by his English instructor at his college. There is evidence that Langston started his homework immediately. This fact suggests that the assignment not only motivated him to write‚ but it caused him to think. The result is a path of reflection and opinions‚ which leads to an eye-opener of truth that everyone is

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    you gain the more powerful you are as an individual. In the short story “The Birthmark”‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne and the two poems “English B”‚ by Langston Hughes and “Crazy Courage”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the authors describes individual knowledge and power through the same idea‚ but through different methods. The poem entitled “English B”‚ by Langston Hughes begins with the speaker’s English teacher instructing the class to do a writing assignment‚ claiming that any piece written from the heart will

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    The Story “Thank you M’am” by Langston Hughes‚ Is a short story that explains the issue of trust. In “Thank you M’am” a kid that goes by the name of Roger attempts to steal a woman’s purse‚ only to find himself on the ground. The woman which went by the name of Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones took Roger to her house. But instead of yelling at him‚ Mrs. Luella started treating him nice by feeding him dinner and washing his face. This shows that they both trust each other‚ because why would Mrs

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    Do you like learning about great problems that have happened in American history? Walter Whitman and Langston Hughes are great American poets that wrote about life in America during two of the most influential times in American history‚ The Harlem Renaissance and post Civil War‚ but both wrote from two totally different points of view. Even though both poems‚ “I Hear America Singing” and “Let America Be America Again”‚ have many differences there are also some commonalities‚ one factor being that

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    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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    more than a dream. As Langston Hughes depicts throughout many of his works with the use of the motif inequality‚ the American Dream is an illusion performed by the magicians also known as America’s political leaders. He exploits how life in America for those not deemed as the upper white class is in reality a nightmare.     In the poem “I‚ Too‚” Hughes speaks of the inequality faced by the African American race in order to emphasize the community’s social immobility. Hughes begins the poem by

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