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    of East Harlem‚ New York‚ seeks to explore the community in relation to its landscape and demographic characteristics taking into consideration its population‚ health‚ resources‚ and its shortfalls amongst other benchmarks of the city. With these statistics and characteristics‚ it paints a clearer picture of the strengths and weakness of the community making informed needs about the community. This assessment will seek to give a vivid characteristic to the situational analysis of East Harlem and offer

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    users? What is the effect of the style in which this book is written? Chapter 2-A Street History of El Barrio What have been the different waves of immigrants who have lived in East Harlem? How would you describe a continuity in their experiences? How have they been described by outsiders? How is the poverty of East Harlem spatially segregated from mainstream America? What is a jibaro? How has Puerto Rico‚ historically‚ been used by outside interests? What were the reasons for the switch to cocaine

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    Native-American Literature‚ c.20‚000B.C.E.-present Characteristics The literature is as diverse as the cultures that created it‚ but there are often common elements such as stories explaining creation or natural forces. Major Writers or Works Oral narratives: Myths; legends; songs; creation stories from groups such as the Zuni‚ Aztec‚ Navajo‚ Lakota‚ Seneca‚ Tlingit‚ Cherokee‚ Blackfoot‚ Cree‚ Inuit‚ and many more. Exploration Period‚ 1492-1607 Characteristics The first European writings

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    Harlem Renaissance Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes works showed that they are nostalgic about Africa‚ a continent they did not visit‚ but they were anxious to connect to. In Cullen’s “Heritage”‚ he sounded like a troubled man that long for to reunite to a long-lost love. His description of Africa was based on what he read or was told about Africa not from his own personal experience. Although he gave a beautiful description of Africa‚ in the first few lines‚ by ending the first part of the poem

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    His Early Life: Born on February 1‚ 1902 James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet‚ social activist‚ novelist‚ playwright‚ and columnist from Joplin‚ Missouri. His parents‚ James Hughes and Carrie Langston‚ divorced soon after his arrival‚ his father then moved to Mexico. Hughes’s mother moved often‚ leaving Lanston to live with his maternal grandmother‚ Mary‚ until she died in his early teens.From that point on‚ James went to live with his mother. Langston and his mother moved to several

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    unique styles to the American Voice. Langston Hughes contributed to the American Voice by setting the precedent for African American civil rights works and helped launch the Harlem Renaissance into full effect. Throughout the history of the Untied States there have been events which shaped this country; for example‚ the Harlem Renaissance and the short era of the counterculture are two events which helped progress the differing arts that have been created. Langston Hughes used the many experiences

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    that flow. The muddy river turns golden just by the sun‚ and ancient dusky river that will soon get brighter. This poem has a neutral diction of words but doesn’t rhyme at all. Even though it doesn’t rhyme it has a big overall impact. This early Harlem renascence poetry‚ an example of jazz poetry‚ shows that jazz poetry doesn’t have to rhyme but meant to express important history. Hughes the renascence King of Techniques used many Figures of speech such as Metaphors. “I” was black life to a river

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    The Old Man -  A deaf man who likes to drink at the café late into the night. The old man likes the shadows of the leaves on the well-lit café terrace. Rumor has it that he tried to hang himself‚ he was once married‚ he has a lot of money‚ and his niece takes care of him. He often gets drunk at the café and leaves without paying. The old man is a regular in the café‚ and though he sometimes forgets to pay‚ he’s generally a good customer. We mostly learn about the old man from the conversation of

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    Freedom Through Speech African American stories‚ before the period of “The New Negro”‚ commonly concern themselves with slavery and personify people of African descent in America in a dreadful and demeaning manner. Zora Hurston‚ from the Harlem Renaissance‚ paints a different picture in a different era of what it means to live in America as an African American. Hurston shows her audience a transition in the lifestyle of African Americans going from poverty and depression to a period of joy and

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    Sociological and Biological Criticism The period 1900s to the 1950s features an increased volume of works of art by African Americans‚ with these ranging from music‚ visual art‚ dance and literature (Jones 4). Jones refers to this period as “the Harlem Renaissance”‚ a period through African Americans literature writers developed and emphasized on the heritage and identity of the African Americans‚ giving meaning to what it meant to be an African American. Most especially focused on the struggle

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