The fight for freedom was many black people’s dream about 40 years ago. They wanted the right to vote‚ and most importantly to be treated equal‚ just like the first amendment stated. Langston Hughes was a very inspirational writer and poet during the Renaissance period. His poem "Freedom Train" discussed the very important reasons for getting on the freedom train‚ and if they did jump aboard‚ were they really going to be free. The question of whether or not they would really be free arose in their
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of No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ I just wanna be Average by Mike Rose and Salvation by Langston Hughes. In these essays they all found an Identity by going their own routes they think is best for them and while following that route they create their own Identity. In the essay No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ she grew up in a very strict Chinese household who
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The poem “I‚ Too” written by Langston Hughes masterfully utilizes imagery in order to showcase the everyday racial prejudice that African Americans have faced in America. On page 130 of the Lenses Textbook broadly defines imagery as “the collections of images in a story‚ poem or play.” The imagery implemented by Langston Hughes in “I‚ Too” follows the traditional definition of imagery‚ in that it “depicts something visual” rather than evoking the basic five senses. “I‚ Too” contains powerful imagery
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familiar is the Christian religion. In Langston Hughes “Salvation” exposes the flaws within the Christian religion‚ the fact that individuals do not understand what they are being taught and just doing what is expected of them as well as the hypocritical ways that happen in the Christian organization. Growing up‚ it is normal for children to just go with the flow of their environment and to do what is asked of them by their elders. In “salvation” Langston Hughes reveals the feeling
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Salvation In Langston Hughes’ autobiography‚ “Salvation‚” he shares his childhood experience of his Auntie Reed’s Christian church. Going into the revival‚ Hughes’ expectantly waited for Jesus to come save him; “to see Jesus.” What was supposed to be a religiously enlightening moment of his life transpired to be a disheartening realization that Jesus’s existence could have very well resulted from mass hysteria. He revolves his experience around the confusion resulted from miscommunication between
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LORD‚ thoughts of peace and not of evil‚ to give you a future and a hope.” How reassuring is it to know that God gives us hope; it is something that he places in our body when creating us. Langston Hughes says it perfectly‚ “Hold fast to dreams‚ for if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird‚ that cannot fly.” Hughes shows dreams as something special in our minds that‚ if eradicated‚ we will not be able to survive. If we did eradicate
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Dreams by Langston Hughes is a free verse poem with an abcb rhyme scheme. In the poem‚ Hughes uses poetic devices to show dreams are as important as lives. The poem shows a theme of reflection of one’s life. To hold onto your dreams as if they were your last drop of hope. Without dreams‚ one’s life would seem empty and dull. Hughes uses a mixture of metaphors and personification throughout his poem. Hughes uses metaphors to show how useless life would be without dreams: “Life is a broken-winged
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The Collected Works of Langston Hughes Essay “Never judge a book by it’s cover.” This popular quote‚ stated by author George Elliot in 1860‚ has a connection deep behind every meaning in the The Collected Works of Langston Hughes (1921-1940). Most of the poetic pieces displayed a message that revolved around on how we the people‚ no matter what ethnicity or socioeconomic status we hold‚ had dealt with discrimination and disrespect‚ but never stopped believing in our dreams and freedom in America
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Langston Hughes was an American Poet‚ He wrote novels‚ short stories and plays‚ as well as poetry‚ and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing‚ as in his book-length poem Montage of a Dream Deferred (Holt‚ 1951). He comes off like a really cool professor who is super smart and asks a lot of questions. His poem is a free verse. “Harlem" consists of eleven lines broken into four stanzas. The first and last stanzas contain one line‚ while the
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Words of Wisdom “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair”. Mother to Son‚ written by Langston Hughes is a poem of a mother trying to give her child a heads up on life‚ and how hard it may get at times. Life has been difficult for her and she wants to make sure that her son will have a better life than the one that was given to her. She teaches him to have perseverance and make the right choices. Her words of wisdom are surely of an uneducated woman that has plenty of advice to offer. In this poem
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