Nicholas Hughes

Langston Hughes was a famous African-American literary figure born in 1902. Although Hughes was primarily recognized by his many poems, he also had different types of writings in his literary career that portrayed him as a novelist, playwright, and children’s books author. Hughes was a strong and inspiring person who had faced obstacles throughout his lifetime; many of which ended in saddening disappointments. One major shift in his point of view that impacted his life was the dreadful…

To me, Langston Hughes is a fearless poet, who is not afraid to speak his mind. Growing up during a time where racial discrimination was prevalent, Hughes, who was a victim of racial injustice, clearly has strong feelings about this topic. This strong emotion is throughly convey throughout most of his poem. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” is one of those poems, but what makes it stand out is the amount of angry and passion the poet convey throughout this poem. One thing that is quite interesting…

Thank you M’am The book “Thank you M’am” by Langston Hughes. I think that Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones took Roger home because she related to him and what he did. She probably did that because she thought that when she was young she would have wished someone to teach her to do things the right way, so she wanted to be that someone for the troubled kid Roger, also because she wanted to teach him a lesson by making him feel guilty about trying to steal the purse so that he would never do…

In Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, Too” the narrator uses literary devices such as diction and tone to fully depict the narrator’s refined relationship with America. The poem is presumably narrated by a minority as the narrator illustrates himself as “the darker brother” (Hughes, line 2) and being oppressed when he is “[sent] to eat in the kitchen” (Hughes, line 3) By using a minority in the poem, Hughes is able to extend the breadth of the applicability of America’s well acknowledged attributes of…

In the short story Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes, a boy named Roger tries to steal a purse belonging to a woman named Mrs. Jones in order to buy a pair of blue suede shoes. Mrs. Jones catches Roger, drags him back to her home where she lets him wash up and she feeds him. Mrs. Jones does this to teach Roger a lesson. The lesson is to not look for acceptance from others, but to find it in oneself. Roger is a boy who is most likely homeless and is trying to earn money in some way. When he…

According to Merriam-Webster, loss is the fact or process of losing something or someone (cite 1). Bishop and Hughes experienced many traumas in their childhood. Bishop had parental issues and Hughes lived during a time of inequality. The poems One Art by Elizabeth Bishop and Harlem by Langston Hughes are both concerned with the theme of loss. This essay will be discussing the lives of each poet, how each poet dealt with this theme, and what techniques each poet used. Elizabeth Bishop was born…

is the type of influence Langston Hughes and his writings had on people. In 1925 Hughes rose to fame with his most well-known and famous poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, which he wrote when he was just a teen. In addition to that, Hughes had much success in his career as a poet. Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. Hughes had a rough life growing up with his parents separating after his birth. Since his mom was constantly on the move, Hughes went to with live his…

We chose Empire State of Mind by Jay Z and Alicia Keys because it simply describes the Harlem Renaissance Era overall. The song emphasizes the fact that New York is the city in which dreams can come true and the Harlem Renaissance occurred in New York where creative expression was released and allowed so many different types of black artists, musicians, poets, photographers, scholars, and more to use the opportunity as an outlet to express the truth of what was going unheard of in society at the…

Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a period in which African American arts were celebrated with vivacity through prominent individuals. This was the result of, “… the Great Migration of African Americans from rural to urban spaces and from South to North… [which] opened up socioeconomic opportunities and developing race pride” (Gale). The reason for the movement was due to “economic depression… and racial tension” (Songs of the Soul). These African Americans migrated to…

The best way to describe Du Bois’ work would to call him an equal rights activist. He wrote his stories to appeal to the humanity of people, during a time when a lot of Americans had lost sight of what was right and wrong. There were riots, violence, and so much hate in the U.S. Du Bois took to writing short stories and poetry as his outlet for outrage over the supposed “separate but equal” movement. Throughout this paper the themes, characteristics, and ideals of the Du Bois and three of…