Glenn Hughes

to college and become a writer, which he accomplished. However, Hughes also became an advocate for black lives traveling the world, and gaining new influences. Hughes work’s topic varied from everyday struggles, slavery, to major black historic events. Langston Hughes, an instrumental figure in the Harlem Renaissance, gave other races and cultures a glance in the average African-American life and struggles. John Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. Shortly…

Sylvia Plath , not being the only American writer, was considered to be the best dramatization writer. Her childhood was like everybody’s , a childhood full of books and a desire to touch the sky with their fingertips . Sylvia Plath’s works were phenomenal, which were based on her life.Sylvia Plath was a great writer that ended her life at a young age, but who is now honored as been the “patron saint of self-dramatization” and self pity. Sylvia Plath was born during the Great…

The Harlem Renaissance, the period in which Passing takes place, was an era of great social and artistic development for African Americans. As a result of this, themes of cultural and social issues such as race and identity are frequently explored. However, the complex relationship between Irene and Clare makes sexual desire and jealousy the central theme in Larsen’s narrative. Irene and Clare are both extremely light skinned African-American, which allows them both to pass as white. While…

lklore In The Play A Raisin The Sun Folklore is the use of traditions in story telling that are inclusive of the beliefs, the customs and the culture of a people that are passed from one generation to the other. Folklores forms an integral part of the culture that assist transmit information through the word of mouth. There is the use of the folklore in the black vernacular used in the throughout the play to broach important issues and also conflicts such as the poverty, discrimination and also…

Me: Hello and welcome to poetry examination plus on iRadio, during todays podcast I will be analyzing the poem ‘The Little Black Boy by William Blake’ with the help of poetry expert Garth Dee. While analyzing the poem we will address areas such as how the William Blake has represented his values attitudes and perspectives, how he has used language, which engages and influences his readers; We will also talk about how the poem has impacted and influenced teenage readers. Hi Garth welcome to the…

Once again, Salinger wasn’t oblivious to the meanings behind each character’s name. In fact, symbolism plays a part in the character Sybil Carpenter. “Sybil, bright with innocence but already tarnishing, symbolizes for Seymour the human condition: like the sibyls of old, she is the unconscious oracle through whom the prophecy is revealed, the instrument of truth” (Lane). A sibyl is defined as “a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god” (“sibyl”). It is…

Blood Wedding was written by Federico Garcia Lorca in 1932 and was first performed in 1933. Blood wedding was inspired by a story Lorca heard that came from Almería. There a bride ran away with her cousin. Her cousin was then murdered by the bridegroom’s brother. Given this inspiration Lorca went on to write a play that continues to be popular to this day. The play is full of various themes, themes that everyday people can connect to. It also contains climactic scenes like majority of good plays…

Furthermore, the novel introduces the theme of Religion in the middle of it’s chapters during a flashback memory of Joe Christmas’s. Joe Christmas was being sent to live with Mr. and Mrs. McEachern as a young boy. Mr. McEachern raises Christmas with his last name instead of his own and teaches him using his strict Calvinist beliefs. Mr. McEachern has no time for fun games and he believes in no individuality. (Themes, Motifs, & Symbols). He teaches the young Joe Christmas religion by putting the…

eighteenth century, William Blake in "The Little Black Boy" intended to romanticize an individual with fanciful ideas or beliefs concerning riches, power and beauty. After all, whether in youth or old age, an African is someone who seems to dream of changing the human condition in an unrealistic manner. The little slave child in Blake's verse is only half-alive in being ruled by hopes and fears of a curious nature (Ogude 1976, 85-96). And Dr. Johnson might have associated Rasselas the Prince of…

Born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath would later be recognized as one of the greatest poets and novelists of the post-war era. Plath was raised in an academically focused environment; her father was a biology professor and her mother was a shorthand teacher. Contrary to the writing style of the time, Plath wrote about genuine emotions experienced by women. Additionally, she wrote about personal life events and the people that surrounded her. The poem, Point Shirley,…