Glenn Hughes

School Films- The Breakfast Club Intro For my film analysis paper, I chose The Breakfast Club, which is a suburban school genre of film. This movie was filmed in 1984, and in theatres by 1985. This movie was directed, written, and produced by John Hughes, who is responsible for many 80’s movies, such as Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and 16 Candles. This movie is about five high school teenagers, from different social ranks, who stay at school to serve Saturday detention. Bulman…

America just like the song refers to America and how everyone is free. However Langston Hughes's poem was disagreeing with Witman, but Hughes's describes in his poem how much he wants freedom in America. Whitman wrote his poem in the mid 1800’s although Hughes wrote his poem in the mid 1900’s this fact is important, because it changes the people's perspective. Slavery or inequality did not become a real huge problem until the 1900’s. The poems “I Hear America Singing” and “Let America Be…

initiated as a way to teach African American descendants about their history and their heritage. Jessie Fauset's contribution during the Harlem Renaissance helped influence and encourage many African American literary artists on the rise such as Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and Claude Mckay. She is known as an “essayist, poet, and novelist.” Her published works that she is known for are: There is Confusion (1924), Plum Bun (1928), The Chinaberry Tree (1931), and Comedy: American Style (1933).…

Author Jean Toomer who is considered one of the Great American authors, wrote during the Harlem Renaissance period. Particularly, in his work titled Cane, written in 1923 we can see evidence of the characteristics, themes and style identified with the Harlem Renaissance movement which was an extant in American letters between 1914 and the mid-1930’s. As a representative of such a movement, Jean Toomer then remains one of the most identifiable and iconic writers of his time. Toomer was an…

Greatest Movie Movement The Breakfast club. The Breakfast club is a story of five teenagers who were sentenced to Saturday detention in school. Each of them having their own identity knew nothing about each other before this day. They all came from different social economical groups. We have the jock, wrestling star Andrew Clark, Claire Standish the most popular girl in school, Brian Johnson the brains, john bender the catalyst the group with his rebellious nature, and last but not least…

Extended Metaphors throughout Langston Hughes’ Poetry regarding the Neglect of African Americans in Society Langston Hughes once said “I was a victim of of a stereotype”. Him, along with many other African Americans during the 1920’s were the ones suffering due to discrimination. Langston Hughes implements extended metaphors throughout his poems “Lonesome Place”, “As I Grew Older” and “Park Bench” to portray the neglect against African Americans in society. The poems “Lonesome Place” and “As…

This modules assignment has afforded me the opportunity to explore one my favorite poets and writers Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. better known as Nikki Giovanni. Nikki Giovanni is renowned as one of the pioneers of the Black Art’s movement of the late 1960’s. Although some may have viewed her work as controversial, she is one of the most influential poets of the Black Movement era. She is famously known for “her unabashed advocacy of murderous militancy as a proper black response to white…

force to reckon with, and that they were also just as good. That is exactly what the poem did, because, “During the Harlem Renaissance, many thinkers insisted on the beauty of the black body, perhaps for the first time in artistic history. Langston Hughes and Cullen were joined in this respect at least, for in life and poetry both stated their belief (in essence) that black was beautiful” (Stockle). Cullen helped change the view of African Americans in the poem when he clearly states, “White…

If you are looking to get personal, honest, and relevant insight on racism in America, Citizen: An American Lyric is the perfect book to read. Citizen: An American Lyric was published in 2014 by poet Claudia Rankine. This book is a compilation of poems, essays, and visual art to give the reader a closer look of what it is like being black in America. The book is written in seven sections which are all similar in style and content. With each section giving different stories, microaggressions,…

Langston Hughes is a well-known African American Poet. Hughes had many literary talents he wrote short stories, novel, screenplays, plays, autobiographer, and children’s books. Hughes also had a very powerful voice which encourages many people to follow him. Langston devoted a lot of his literatures to the economics, politicians, and social issues that were going in the world. He was also a very important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes grew up in a time period during racial…