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    Pondering the future is not an unusual characteristic to have. It is natural to try to figure out what will happen to someone and why. This allows one to consider the realisticness of a dream and what will happen if it isn’t achieved. In Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem”‚ the speaker wonders about his “deferred dreams”. He wants to know if not pursuing his dream will cause regret later in life‚ and I wonder that as well. I want to know what the consequences are for not reaching my goals in life‚ but

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    Reflecting back on the three poems I read in class A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes has to be one of my favorites now. In this poem the writer talks about the various ways of what may happen to a dream being postponed. Before i had read it I did wonder from the title what do I think happens to a dream being delayed‚ which i answered in my head if there are people like me and haven’t accomplished a certain dream I guess Id just give up on it or just wait till the right time to try and achieve the

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    A country‚ that was formerly known as East Pakistan‚ had to fight in a devastating civil war against their ruling country of Pakistan that left 300‚000 civilians dead‚ to gain their independence. In 1971‚ the country of Bangladesh was established. After Bangladesh gained their independence‚ many changes transformed the culture and the ways of living. An example of this change includes a new language that was established‚ also known as Bangla. Due to the independence struggle of not wanting Urdu to

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    A variety of Langston Hughes’s poems‚ accentuate the possession of hopefulness of African Americans in correlation to the Great Migration‚ from the south to the flourishing north‚ between the 1920s and 1960s. African Americans‚ seeking for occupational and life opportunities‚ drift to the north‚ where economy exists to be blooming and thriving. Hughes’s idiosyncratic style of fabrication of metaphors highlights African Americans’ possession of high hopes while entering the land of opportunities and

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    know their self worth. The darker brother knows once people realize everyone is the same‚ the white race will be ashamed the way they treated people. The white race will “see how how beautiful” he is and will “be ashamed” of what America has become (Hughes 1.16- 1.17). However‚ Invisible never had the opportunity to feel as secure. Invisible goes unnamed because he feels he is nonexistent and that he has no purpose. When recalling his grandfather Invisible thinks “his words caused so much anxiety” (Ellison

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    Oxford English Dictionary Report: Negro OED report In 1940‚ Langston Hughes wrote: "The word [negro] to colored people of high and low degree is like a red rag to a bull. Used rightly or wrongly‚ ironically or seriously‚ of necessity for the sake of realism‚ or impishly for the sake of comedy‚ it doesn ’t matter. The word [negro]‚ you see‚ sums up for us who are colored all the bitter years of insult and struggle in America." When asked about the etymology of the word Negro most people

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    Langston Hughes racism is characterized in an unemployed African American. The African American depicted in this story is known as Sargeant. Sargeant is a character that Langston Hughes had little relativity to as being homeless as well as in search for food‚ but he undoubtedly identified with in culture. Langston Hughes childhood‚ heritage‚ and involvement in the African American community led him to create a strong willed character. Born in Joplin‚ Missouri in 1902‚ James Mercer Langston Hughes childhood

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    UNIVERSITY OF EL SALVADOR FACULTY OF JURISPRUDENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ENGLISH VII “Descriptive Essay” TEACHER: Angélica María López Portillo GROUP MEMBERS: GROUP B2 CYCLE: 01/2011 University City‚ Tuesday‚ April 5th 2011. Descriptive Essay Concept. A descriptive essay is a type of essay strives to create a deeply involved and vivid experience for the reader of the item being described. It is often creative‚ personal. The purpose

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    The process of creating an effective jingle can take a lot more time than most people may expect. One of the main jobs of this literature review is to inform others of the process of how someone were to create one that is truly effective. To come up with a unique some with a catchy melody can be tricky. The goal is to make it as memorable as possible to the target audience. There has been several occasions where a company’s jingle have become an overnight success‚ but there has also been some that

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    Politics in Verse Langston Hughes knew the meaning of adversity firsthand. As a black man living in the early twentieth century‚ he encountered many different struggles on a daily basis. Though he could have easily become jaded by this‚ he instead strived to overcome and led others to do the same through his contributions to the literary world (Michaels). A prime example of one of his motivational works is Let America Be America Again. His critique of America reached out to not only to fellow

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