In Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, Too” the narrator uses literary devices such as diction and tone to fully depict the narrator’s refined relationship with America. The poem is presumably narrated by a minority as the narrator illustrates himself as “the darker brother” (Hughes, line 2) and being oppressed when he is “[sent] to eat in the kitchen” (Hughes, line 3) By using a minority in the poem, Hughes is able to extend the breadth of the applicability of America’s well acknowledged attributes of tenacity, optimism and confidence, and discourage any beliefs of inferiority of minorities during the twentieth century. Moreover, the narrator insists he is accurate portrayal of Americans by establishing an untroubled tone when he enjoys life with his
