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    Cora Unashamed is a short story by Langston Hughes. It is about Cora Jenkins‚ a black woman living in Melton with her parents. Cora works as a maid for a rich white family‚ the Studevants. Cora has a special bond with the family’s youngest daughter‚ Jessie. Jessie gets pregnant and her mother‚ Mrs. Art Studevant‚ forces her to get an abortion. Jessie then dies sick. The story is mainly about hypocrisy and discrimination‚ two elements of Hughes’ life which are also found in many of his poems. First

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    Karen Aguilar “Core Unashamed” April 22‚ 2013 People are not born racist; racism is learned. Racism is a belief or doctrine inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement‚ usually involving the belief that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others (Dictionary.com). Unfortunately racism has been around for all of our lives. We have learned to discriminate others because of skin color‚ language‚ customs‚ place of birth or any factor

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    Literary Analysis Paper of “Cross” As a writer and civil rights activist‚ many of Langston Hughes poems speak to the real lives of backs in the South during the time of slavery and racial prejudice. The Harlem Renaissance was a time of cultural‚ social‚ and artistic explosion taking place during the end of World War 1 and lasting through the mid 1930s. This is where many artists like Langston Hughes‚ Arna Bontemps and Clauda McKay bloomed in “a literary movement that involved racial pride‚ demanding

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    Langston Hughes (1902-1967)‚ one of the most prominent figures in the world of Harlem‚ has come to be an African American poet as well as a legend of a variety of fields such as music‚ children’s literature and journalism. Through his poetry‚ plays‚ short stories‚ novels‚ autobiographies‚ children’s books‚ newspaper columns‚ Negro histories‚ edited anthologies‚ and other works‚ Hughes is considered a voice of the African-American people and a prime example of the magnificence of the Harlem Renaissance

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    2017 3208 Phan - Part One Research Paper In the poem “Dreams‚” Langston Hughes argues that in order to confront an injustice such as racism people must continue dreaming to gain strength to fight for the greater good. Hughes uses the literary device metaphor to help reveal the theme by showing the reader how life without dreams is weak and depressing. According to the text‚ "Life is a broken-winged bird / that cannot fly (Hughes 3-4)." This puts into perspective that if dreams aren’t existing

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    whether or not someone reaches their wildest dreams. As everyone has lives full of choices‚ everyone has dreams. But as all things do‚ dreams progressively get more and more realistic with age. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ and “Harlem” by Langston Hughes are two well-written poems that have similar real-life themes; choices‚ and dreams. “The Road Not Taken” can be affiliated with many real life situations. “And sorry I could not travel both” (Frost 2). This line simply states that it is not

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    about Langston Hughes and will discuss the topics hughes felt were important and his poems will be broken down to show you there was and is a deeper meaning behind everything. and all of his poems can be interpreted in many ways and can even be analyzed and can be relatable to all races. Langston Hughes is a well known African American writer /poet. Hughes is known for his hunger for change and the way he went about addressing the changes he felt needed to be made. Hughes addressed

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    Langston Hughes is one of the most well know names of the Harlem Renaissance. He was a writer‚ to write pieces ranged from novels‚ short stories‚ children’s books‚ translations‚ and anthologies his most well know pieces were his poems. Langston Hughes was born February 1‚ 1902‚ in Joplin. His parents divorced him when he was a small child‚ and his father moved to Mexico‚ he was raised with his Grandmother until he was thirteen. When he moved to Lincoln‚ and lives with his mother in Cleveland. He

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    Langston Hughes and Leonardo Da Vinci positive aspect of life Devante Gray Professor Cain Composition II 9/17/12 My paper is about Langston Hughes and Leonardo Da Vinci and how they have an effect on their readers and their positive aspects on life. Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 in a town named Vinci in Italy. He was a renaissance painter and he painted realistically‚ he used light and dark colors in his paintings. In his paintings he painted figures without outlining them. He used a

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    However‚ this stiff structure juxtaposes the nostalgic‚ yet sorrowful‚ tone and simplistic diction of the poem. This mixture of forms and expression allow Hughes to effectively communicate his social commentary by conveying his modern ideas in a typical intellectual format. In her article “Langston Hughes’s Transnational Literary Journeys: History‚ Heritage and Identity in ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ and Negro‚’” Sharon Lynette Jones argues Hughes’s poetry connects African descendants to

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