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    Emily Wang  Hill  English 11H Period 4  27 January 2015  Poems by Langston Hughes  I Dream a World  1. Main idea of the poem?  The main intentions of the poem are presenting a world where blacks are equal to whites.  Langston Hughes wants a world that is fair‚ without the discriminations or segregations by  society’s norms.   2. Tone?   The tone of the poem is filled with hope but also skepticism. The poem rhymes and is very  easy to read. The rhymes give off a very light feel throughout the lines

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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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    At the beginning of the poem‚ Hughes lists all the people that were struggling and being oppressed at the time the poem was written. He points out the poor‚ the blacks that still bare the scares of slavery‚ the red man driven from his home‚ and the immigrant clutching to hope. He reconciles them with the opening plea by saying‚ “America will be!” This is saying that they still had hope. Hughes probably had different responses to his poem back in 1938. Poor blacks would have agreed and sympathized

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    hide one’s true self‚ as seen in Langston Hughes’ “Salvation.” Based on a true experience‚ Hughes exposes how he lost faith in religion as he witnessed his church’s “big revival.” The motif in this piece portrays how children conform to the societal whims rather than expressing their personal beliefs. During the revival‚ the children of the congregation‚ such as Hughes‚ were pressured into going to the church’s stage to become saved. Throughout the piece‚ Hughes constantly claims he is “waiting for Jesus”

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    This is a poem by Langston Hughes. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in February 1‚1902 by parents of mixed race; he attended Columbia University but was later kicked out because of racial prejudice. He left that his passion was not in school but in the neighborhood. He did random jobs until he became a “new negro poet”‚ Hughes was important in the Harlem Renaissance for his fight for African American equality. White supremacy was spreading widely in the country; people of mixed race were highly

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    SPEECH ANALYSIS & CRITIQUE Ted Williams Tribute Assignment: Speech Analysis & Critique Read the Manuscript for Beyond Batting by Stuart Howlett and answer the following questions. Does Stu have a strong introduction? Why or Why not? Please explain your answer in at least 5 sentences. Yes‚ Stu has a very strong introduction. After reading it the first time I was intrigued. I instantly wanted to keep reading more to find out about this American baseball player and his most charitable life

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    In the story Little pig and wolf USA version A and the story of the three little pigs England version. These stories are both from the category three little pigs. Both of these stories have many similarities but they have many differences too. One of the things that they do not have in common is in the story little pig and wolf there is only one pig and in the story of the three little pigs there are three pigs in it. These stories have many similarities between them. Some of them are that they

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    The original fairy tale is about three little pigs who all build houses‚ the first one of straw‚ the second one of sticks‚ and the third one of bricks. After these houses are built‚ a wolf comes and blows down the straw and stick houses‚ eating the pigs within. However‚ when the wolf comes to the third pig’s house of bricks‚ he is unable to blow it down and eat the third little pig. The wolf tries to trick the third pig into leaving his house‚ but after failing multiple times he tries to enter the

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    Ted Bundy Research Paper

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    Amanda Roche Professor Zietz English 11 25 April 2014 Disorganized and Organized Killers: Who is the Bigger Threat? Many researchers have studied the fascinating yet horrifying world of serial murderers. The discoveries made since the phrase "serial killers" was coined‚ have amazed society. Despite all the knowledge discovered related to this topic‚ much more still needs to be disclosed. One of the main points investigators have hoped to understand is how some of the perpetrators of these serial

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    A Stylistic Analysis of Death of a Pig In the article Death of a Pig‚ the author E. B. White recorded the last few days he spent with his young pig. This article was inspired by his real experience. After reading the whole article‚ readers can feel strongly that E. B. White didn’t treat his young pig as an animal‚ but a human‚ like a child‚ a friend or a relative. His various and accurate descriptions of the death of his young pig make readers feel that one of his family members pass away

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