Howard Hughes

Eileen Myles, a sixty-seven year old poet and activist, has over the course of their life written poetry, essays, novels, libretto and plays. They were born in 1949 and later graduated from UMass, Boston. In the mid-70s they moved to New York City to work as an assistant to Pulitzer-Prize winning poet, James Schuyler, in pursuit of living and growing as a poet. Myles’ identity is made up of many dovetailing parts; they are gender-neutral, a poet, a “dyke,” child of the working class and later a…

Giovanni’s Room: Exposing Racism and Homophobia. James Baldwin was an African American author; he wrote literature in the form of novels, short stories, essays, and literary criticism. Baldwin was born in 1924, in New York City, and grew up in Harlem, during the Harlem Renaissance. Much of the literary influences from that decade were sparks of inspiration for the author. While growing up, the young author was aware of the importance of education; he knew it was a path to freedom, leaving behind…

Many people find themselves searching for their purpose in the world whether they find it early or later in life. In the story “Sonny's Blues” by James Baldwin talks about a character named Sonny, who is searching for his purpose in the world because he feels trapped in a dark place called Harlem in New York City. With the power of music Sonny, was able to find his purpose that he was always searching for. The powerful music that not only saved him but, saved other souls as well. As many…

Judgement Day Visual Analysis Annually, people become educated about the final days on earth and what will take place. On the final days, God will destroy the earth, create a paradise for those who are faithful to him and punish those who were unfaithful or unenlightened of his will. The judgement will include adults, teenagers, toddlers and infants. Unfortunately, there are many people that are unaware of their religious status within themselves and with God. Our society is covered with…

Walt Whitman, through his works, appears to display a view of equality and tolerance as a part of his mission to create great American poetry. However, despite his seemingly harmless portrayals of certain minority groups in America, mainly African-Americans and Native Americans, Whitman often reinforces the dominant views expressed by those in his own time. Moreover, he subconsciously celebrates colonialism by his praises and encouragements of westward expansion. While Whitman does sometimes…

just wanted to get out. Unfortunately, the store did not pull through like Walter had planned and he ended up losing all of his investment money sending him into an even deeper, depressed state. This situation can be further exemplified by Langston Hughes poem “ Harlem”. The speaker states “ What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun?” (1043). This is ironic because the title of this play is “ a Raisin in the Sun” and Walters dream did exactly that, dried up like…

In Langston Hughes “I, Too Sing America”, it is obvious that Hughes is expressing himself over the inequality of America from the point of view of an African American man. It is interesting, almost amazing the way he explains himself in this poem because he does it in an appreciative manner that one reading the poem would never see the anger behind it all. Some of the ways he shows this is through showing his who he really is proving his race and value, through his ambition and through his…

Ariel, a collection of Sylvia Plath’s poems released in 1965 after her suicidal death, transmit melancholy and agony to anyone who reads it. This depression in her poems was caused after her husband, the poet Ted Hughes, left her for another woman. Plath’s writing style has always been criticized for being excessively autobiographical and because of her continuous suicidal suspicion. However, Plath has never been criticized for the irony of the poem “The Applicant” compared to the rest of her…

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger examines the norms of the society through main character Holden’s relationship and communication with the people around him. Similarly, the movie the Breakfast Club (1985), focuses on five high school students struggling to fit in and find their places in the variety of cliques. Of all of these students, John Bender is the one struggling to find his place in life and to fit in any of the norms that the society has set for him similarly to Holden, who is in…

Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, is a writer,and she is known for many auto-biographical novels and she also writes poetry and essays. She also loved to study music, dance,and drama. From 1963 to 1966 Angelou was involved in the black civil rights movement. Maya Angelou wrote this specific poem called; “Phenomenal Women”. Angelou has a very creative way of saying things throughout her poem. Angelou talks about a woman in the poem that talks about herself a lot she repeats the…