Thomas Hughes

Salvation Twentieth century poet/writer Langston Hughes shares the account of a boy who deceives others in church about his having been saved by Jesus. All children are meant to rise upon their seeing of The Lord, but the boy who does not truly witness the event, rises as a way to escape the pressure. This account, entitled “Salvation,” comes from Hughes’s autobiography The Big Sea, signifying the boy to be a young Langston Hughes. The story denies condemnation of Langston for his deceit by…

Hughes tries to explain the obstacle faced by a black writer (artist) as a mountain in his article “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” which stands sturdy in the way of most black persons literary work expression; that mountain is mainly based on color. Since arrival of black people to the new world from West Africa as slaves, blackness is associated to all bad things on earth. The subjugation of blacks at the hands of white masters generated fear, anxiety, depression, and self-hate.…

In the short story “Dreams” by Langston Hughes, Langston shows that if you are striving for a goal, you must hold on to it, persevere and protect it. If you give up life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly and a barren field frozen with snow. First off in the beginning of the poem it is saying that you must protect and continue to strive for your dream, if not it will eventually die. This is because in the poem it says “Hold onto dreams for if dreams die”. So what the author is trying…

In my opinion, the whole book was based on deferred dreams. In the beginning, Langston Hughes read a poem about what happens to deferred dreams. He asked an essential question, do deferred dreams dry up like a raisin in the sun? Challenging the reader to think what really happens to dreams put off to the side. In the novel, Walter Lee was a huge dreamer. He had so much ambition but felt he had very little motivation around him. Walter felt no one in his family would support his dream, and that…

Sir Walter Raleigh had many great achievements and was recognized for many things in his lifetime. Raleigh was born in 1552 in Hayes Barton, Devon, SW England, UK. He studied at Oriel College in Oxford from 1572-1574. Raleigh later served in the army in Ireland becoming one of the Queen Elizabeth’s favorites. He was given land from the Queen and became captain of her guard. Walter Raleigh wrote in reply to others. His poem The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd was in reply to Christopher Marlowe’s…

Mercer Langston Hughes, the great poet, novelist, social activist, columnist, and playwright himself was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. During his life he wrote numerous plays and many different works of poetry. He published his first book of poetry in 1926 at the age of 24. The book was called The Weary Blues, it was a standout because Hughes established a theme to recognize black heritage and he also used jazz rhythm and dialect to focus on urban black lives. Hughes is best…

“Mother to Son” is a poem by Langston Hughes. The poem was written in 1922. “Mother to Son” is about a mother who is telling her son that life isn’t easy; there are difficulties, but he has to keep moving forward. It tells us that sometimes life gets hard, but it’s harder if one gives up. There are bumps in the road of life. Langston Hughes uses symbolization, extended metaphor, and imagery in “Mother to Son” to illustrate that life is a difficult journey. In “Mother to Son,” symbolization…

society who just happened to be a former slave. Zora Neale Hurston was a prominent writer and activist who helped shed light on the plight of the black person in modern white society through her travels to boarding school and New York city. Langston Hughes through his literature encouraged blacks to unite and fight against racism across…

Similarly, Plath shows the importance that appearances have on individuals as they grow older. Imagery is employed to show the lack of attention the woman had about her appearance when she was younger. The mirror states, “Faces and darkness separate us over and over” (9). The use of the word “darkness” and “over and over” portray the image of lights getting turned off frequently leaving the mirror to reflect the dark. Children spend most of their day playing outside or watching cartoons. They…

Jacob Lawrence When the subject is strong simplicity is the only way to treat it. – Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence was known best for his Migration Series. Lawrence was the most widely acclaimed African American artist of the 20th century. Lawrence brought the African Americans to life through his painting by using blacks and brown juxtaposed with vivid colors. Lawrence was also known for producing narrative collection such as War series. He was a professor at the University of…