The Harlem Renaissance is about a social and artistic outbreak that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement". Colored people would move to Harlem for a better life and more freedom. James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Claude McKay was a Jamaican writer and poet, he moved to Harlem, and is a literary voice for social justice of African Americans. Langston Hughes and Claude Mckay both write about important values of the Harlem Renaissance such as equality, empowerment, racism, and disappointment.
“Theme For English B” is about him writing an assignment, “let that page come out of you--- make it true” said the professor. He then writes about what is true for Americans, black or white. He's a black college student in a class dominated by white students. He compares and contrasts colored privileges and white privileges. “Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read learn, and understand life.” Langton is trying to …show more content…
“Stealing my breath of life, I will confess this cultured hell that tests my youth.” Here he is illustrating this love/hate relationship that he has with this country to show the duality that many colored people felt during this time period. And in line 2 he writes “And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth.” Here he allows the reader to feel a sense of violence and despair to show that America has not met his expectations. Instead, it has created this feeling of being attacked and silenced because of prejudice and racism. This is significant because it shows what colored people have to live with. Claude McKay writes about the duality of African-Americans through the act of racism and the lack of
“Theme For English B” is about him writing an assignment, “let that page come out of you--- make it true” said the professor. He then writes about what is true for Americans, black or white. He's a black college student in a class dominated by white students. He compares and contrasts colored privileges and white privileges. “Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read learn, and understand life.” Langton is trying to …show more content…
“Stealing my breath of life, I will confess this cultured hell that tests my youth.” Here he is illustrating this love/hate relationship that he has with this country to show the duality that many colored people felt during this time period. And in line 2 he writes “And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth.” Here he allows the reader to feel a sense of violence and despair to show that America has not met his expectations. Instead, it has created this feeling of being attacked and silenced because of prejudice and racism. This is significant because it shows what colored people have to live with. Claude McKay writes about the duality of African-Americans through the act of racism and the lack of