Nicholas Hughes

they were the original late modernists by bringing political and social issues into art without jettisoning aesthetic concerns or (always) veering into propaganda. Theorists of this movement, or more accurately moment, such as Alain Locke, Langston Hughes, and George Schuyler, present competing strategies for African-American artists to negotiate themselves and their works within American literature from a peripheral position. Overall, they show that African art plays an innovative role in the…

In the sonnet “If We Must Die,” Claude McKay uses the poetic speaker to discuss the issue racial discrimination and fights between whites and blacks in American. He tells us what it is like to be an African slave. The theme of the sonnet is the love of black nationalism. It is a stichic, an undivided poem. The poetic structure is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. There is a rhyme scheme to the poem, the last word in every other line rhyme with eachother. If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and…

The movie The Breakfast Club may be just a film to some but to sociologists it can be looked at from interesting perspectives. Three main ones stand out specifically: Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, and Conflict Theory. Functionalism looks at the different parts of society and how they all depend on each other to make a society work. Next is Symbolic Interactionism, which focuses on how symbols and words shape people into who they are and how they depending on their interpretation on…

“What happens to a dream deferred?”(Hughes, line 1). Hughes’ poem asks the question of what unknown ways a dream will decay. The title of the book A Raisin in the Sun was named after one of Hughes questions. He asks if a dream will dry up like a raisin in the sun. The book A Raisin in the Sun features many distinct characters with their own ideologies and ambitious dreams. These characters would be Walter Lee Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Ruth Younger. A raisin drying up in the sun describes…

Background Information Mr. Hughes Hughes is a Caucasian 22-year-old male. Mr. Hughes stated to have developed normally, and seemed to not show any delays. He had also mentioned to being the only child and was raised by both parents. Both of the parents were equally in his life before they had passed. However, Mr. Hughes has stated that his mother was notorious for letting him know that he is not necessarily safe because there is an abundance of germs and diseases out there. Mr. Hughes stated…

African American’s and immigrants. They were cussed at, swore at, beaten and were separated by race in public places. Langston Hughes was born on February 1 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He grew up in a turbulent time of depression in America. The Ku Klux Klan had very many members during the 1910’s and 1920’s, which Langston was a teenager and young adult through. Mr. Hughes was an important writer and thinker of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was the African American artistic…

During the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was a prevalent author who voiced the struggles of African Americans through his work. His stories and poems were an outlet in which he painted a vibrant picture of the daily experiences of African Americans. Hughes lures readers in with his firsthand outlook on the endeavors of those sharing his heritage and background. Racism is widely known, but Hughes takes readers to a personal level as he describes his everyday experiences with it. He…

Langston Hughes was a writer, poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance, which is known as the flowering of African American music, art, dance, philosophy and most importantly, literature. Literature from the Harlem Renaissance inspired an additional famous writer and poet, Maya Angelou. Both wrote exceptional poems such as Hughes’ “I, Too, Sing America” and Angelou’s “Still I Rise”. Despite being from the same genre, they can be contrasted, compared and analyzed. In Hughes’ poem, he…

Point of View, Personification, and Symbolism in Sylvia Plath’s “Mirror” Sylvia Plath’s “Mirror” deals specifically with the feminine struggle of immortality. The poem’s speaker provides a window into the effeminate interpretation of deterioration. A woman's thoughts may forever be a mystery, but this evocative poem could give insight to the complex imagination of a woman. Throughout the poem, the speaker's point of view, the use of personification, and ironic symbolism all underscore the…

Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents James Hughes and Carrie Langston separated after he was born and his father moved to Mexico. Hughes was raised primarily by his maternal grandmother because his own mother was being a drifter. Then his grandmother died in his teens, then he moved in with his mom. They eventually settled in Cleveland. Hughes began to write poetry after being introduced to poets Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman. After high school he…