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INDIVIDUAL ORAL PRESENTATION
For my Individual Oral Presentation, I will be exploring Harlem Sweeties, by Langston Hughes, and explain the writing techniques used in Harlem Sweeties, as well as his embrace of the bi-racial realities in Harlem, more specifically, black women of different shades.
Then connect it to his view of his own race, which is shown in his poem, My People.
I will then, compare the poem, My People, to Zora Neale Hurston’s essay, How It Feels To Be A Colored Me, and how Hughes's and Hurston's views of pride in their own race, and their position in society, is similar and/or different from each other.
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- First and foremost, Harlem Sweeties was published in 1921, when Hughes had just begun to know Harlem and the beautiful ladies in …show more content…
It is also shows much pride in the bi-racial existence in Harlem.
- Another poem that is similar to Harlem Sweeties is Hughes's poem, "My People,". In this poem Hughes also celebrates the beauty of, not just African American women, but African Americans, as his people. The standard of beauty he expresses, is the opposite of the popular vision of beauty that was favored during that time. Instead of promoting homogenous beauty, Hughes is inspired by the variety and vitality of the beauty of his people.
- My People, is made up of three, two-line stanzas, that used very simple, or informal diction.
- He compares his people to the dark night. Both which he described as beautiful. However, he also compares his people to the sun, which reflects the dignity and passion of their souls.
- In Harlem, Hughes's Harlem Renaissance peers and critics wanted his writings to focus only on the good parts of African Americans, in order to create a stand for racial equality.
- But Hughes had preferred writing about the men and women he had grown up with
Personal connection (hmong
INDIVIDUAL ORAL PRESENTATION
For my Individual Oral Presentation, I will be exploring Harlem Sweeties, by Langston Hughes, and explain the writing techniques used in Harlem Sweeties, as well as his embrace of the bi-racial realities in Harlem, more specifically, black women of different shades.
Then connect it to his view of his own race, which is shown in his poem, My People.
I will then, compare the poem, My People, to Zora Neale Hurston’s essay, How It Feels To Be A Colored Me, and how Hughes's and Hurston's views of pride in their own race, and their position in society, is similar and/or different from each other.
_____________________________________________________________________
- First and foremost, Harlem Sweeties was published in 1921, when Hughes had just begun to know Harlem and the beautiful ladies in …show more content…
It is also shows much pride in the bi-racial existence in Harlem.
- Another poem that is similar to Harlem Sweeties is Hughes's poem, "My People,". In this poem Hughes also celebrates the beauty of, not just African American women, but African Americans, as his people. The standard of beauty he expresses, is the opposite of the popular vision of beauty that was favored during that time. Instead of promoting homogenous beauty, Hughes is inspired by the variety and vitality of the beauty of his people.
- My People, is made up of three, two-line stanzas, that used very simple, or informal diction.
- He compares his people to the dark night. Both which he described as beautiful. However, he also compares his people to the sun, which reflects the dignity and passion of their souls.
- In Harlem, Hughes's Harlem Renaissance peers and critics wanted his writings to focus only on the good parts of African Americans, in order to create a stand for racial equality.
- But Hughes had preferred writing about the men and women he had grown up with
Personal connection (hmong