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    called “Salvation”‚ Langston Hughes recalls how he was introduced to religion and the church. He goes to say that at thirteen years old he was brought to his Aunt Reed’s church and was told that he needed to be saved by Jesus Christ. At the ceremony‚ while all the other children went up to accept Jesus‚ Langston and another child named Westley remained seated. As the congregation prayed and the priest sang psalms‚ Westley cracked under the pressure and went up to the alter‚ but Langston still sat. He had

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    “Island” poem wrote by Langston HughesLangston Hughes is very popular writer who know for an identifiable rhythm or beat. His poems always make reader aspiration in many ways‚ example his dreams makes readers to think about hidden dreams and lost dreams. “Balloon of the Mind” by W. B. Yeats who is also a popular writer too who received the nobel prize for literature in 1923. However‚ both poems have way different topics where there is no related to each other but the idea of the themes are the

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    “Cross” by Langston Hughes “I wonder where I’m gonna die‚ / Being neither white nor black?” (11-12) These are the last two lines of “Cross” a poem by Langston Hughes that describes the experience of a mixed-race person. The poem is written in stanzas with a rhyme scheme of ABCB. The speaker expresses the frustration and grief that a half-black and half-white person has and the struggles to accept and understand their ethnic identity‚ offering stereotype in a world where black people and white people

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    Interpreting Langston Hughes Langston Hughes’ haunting descriptions of the African people’s struggle for freedom paints a lasting image in one’s mind of the price paid for a single strand of freedom and what is meant to this oppressed ethnicity. From the dark whispers of Silhouette to the stern rising words of Democracy‚ Hughes releases his soul in a cry to awaken the African spirit and inspire thought in the reader. Through his selective choice of words Hughes leaves many interpretations open to

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    Compare and Contrast Essay Langston Hughes What happens when you don’t hold on to a dream? Langston Hughes’ “Dreams” and “Dreams Deferred” discuss this issue. They are written with similar themes‚ but differ in writing styles. In the poem “Dreams” a direct approach is used. Hughes uses statements and metaphors to make his point. The authors statements tell us to hold on to our dreams. This is the focus of the poem. He uses metaphors to reiterate this thought‚ and expand the readers

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    Most people have expectations of how something is going to turn out. When things do not turn out the way‚ we want them to turn out; the feeling of disappointment takes over. That is a coincidence when I read "Salvation" written by Langston Hughes because I run into my feeling five years ago‚ not in the same situation with him‚ but not so many differences to be his partner. "Salvation" is a short story‚ but inside it is a long anxiety and unforgettable experience for the boy. Only he knows what he

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    English 1 1 April 2012 Langston Hughes’s “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” Langston Hughes was born February 1st‚ 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. Lynching was a growing problem where he lived growing up. His parents divorced when he was young and racism made Hughes’s father leave the country for Mexico while his mom traveled from city to city looking for work as a journalist and stenographer. Langston Hughes went to high school in Cleveland‚ Ohio where he started writing poetry‚ short stories‚ and plays

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    Happens to a Dream Deferred? What Happens to a Dream Deferred? The poem “What happens to a dream deferred?” by Langston Hughes leaves the reader wondering as to what happens to their dreams that were never fulfilled. It causes the reader to take a good look at themselves because it causes the reader to really wonder. Was an effort really made to achieve their dreams? Were the dreams attached to goals? Why weren’t the dreams ever fulfilled

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    The Illusive American Dream Deferred The typical view of the American dream is illustrated by the various characters in the plays “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams and the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. Each character has their perspective as to what the American dream means and how to attain it. The protagonists in each family have their own individual dreams as well as their own barriers in attaining that dream. Although the social‚ economic and educational barriers

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    English -James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri in 1902. (“Langston Hughes Biography” 1) -His mother and father had mixed and rich backgrounds‚ but they lived in a society that classified them as black and inferior. (“Langston Hughes” 1) - James Nathaniel Hughes worked as a lawyer and also worked with a mining company. (“Langston Hughes” 1) -Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes wrote verse‚ acted‚ and taught school. (“Langston Hughes” 1) -Before mainstreaming his writing Hughes worked many

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