Hughes further goes on to use “me” and “they” pronouns in which plays a significant importance to how his poems seems straightforward, but has a deeper meaning (Hughes, 2-3). The use of “me” simplifies down to a singular individual that is in battle with multiple individuals, “they”. Which boils down to the fact that Whites’ behavior is so mainstream that a color does not need to be signified to understand that the “dark girl” is alone due to the segregation of Blacks and Whites. This brings the audience to the point that to be White is to be normal and Black is unusual. Yet, the three repeated lines of “Way Down South in Dixie” in this poem compares to the traditional song that represented happiness for Whites (Hughes 1,5, & 9). Instead, of
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Yet, the Whites speak as if they are ashamed of their behaviors, but indulge in lobster and drink marvelous wine (Hughes, 15-16). In which having dinner with a Black is supposed to show the progression that the whites have accomplished. However, the narrator knows that he is the problem stating “I know I am- The Negro Problem” acknowledging their lack of passion, awareness, and ability to live/connect to any other lifestyle than the one that they are given (Hughes, 1-2). Now, African Americans becomes a representation of a problem that needs to be solves instead of people who needed to be loved and involved in the community. Its shows how ignorant Whites are to blacks’ culture, because in reality there is no …show more content…
"Harlem Renaissance." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. .
Hughes, Langston. “Dinner Guest: Me.” The Norton Anthology of Poetry.5th ed. Alexander Allison, Hebert Barrows, Ceasar R. Blake, Arthur J. Carr, Arthur M. Eastman, and Hubert M. English, Jr. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005. 1435. Print.
Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (1926)." Essays on Poetic Theory (2009): n. pag. Poetry Foundation. Estate of Langston Hughes, 13 Oct. 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. .
Hughes, Langston. “Song for a Dark Girl.” The Norton Anthology of Poetry.5th ed. Alexander Allison, Hebert Barrows, Ceasar R. Blake, Arthur J. Carr, Arthur M. Eastman, and Hubert M. English, Jr. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005. 1432. Print.
Wormser, Ricard. "The Harlem Renaissance." PBS. PBS, 2002. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
Yet, the Whites speak as if they are ashamed of their behaviors, but indulge in lobster and drink marvelous wine (Hughes, 15-16). In which having dinner with a Black is supposed to show the progression that the whites have accomplished. However, the narrator knows that he is the problem stating “I know I am- The Negro Problem” acknowledging their lack of passion, awareness, and ability to live/connect to any other lifestyle than the one that they are given (Hughes, 1-2). Now, African Americans becomes a representation of a problem that needs to be solves instead of people who needed to be loved and involved in the community. Its shows how ignorant Whites are to blacks’ culture, because in reality there is no …show more content…
"Harlem Renaissance." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. .
Hughes, Langston. “Dinner Guest: Me.” The Norton Anthology of Poetry.5th ed. Alexander Allison, Hebert Barrows, Ceasar R. Blake, Arthur J. Carr, Arthur M. Eastman, and Hubert M. English, Jr. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005. 1435. Print.
Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (1926)." Essays on Poetic Theory (2009): n. pag. Poetry Foundation. Estate of Langston Hughes, 13 Oct. 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. .
Hughes, Langston. “Song for a Dark Girl.” The Norton Anthology of Poetry.5th ed. Alexander Allison, Hebert Barrows, Ceasar R. Blake, Arthur J. Carr, Arthur M. Eastman, and Hubert M. English, Jr. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005. 1432. Print.
Wormser, Ricard. "The Harlem Renaissance." PBS. PBS, 2002. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.