Analysis Of Life Is Fine By Langston Hughes

The period of the Harlem Renaissance was a time of great change and exploration for African Americans . It was during this point in the early twentieth century that African Americans were exploring their cultural and social roots. With the rapid expansion of a cohesive black community in the area, it was only a matter of time before the finest minds in Black America converged to share their ideas and unleash their creative essences upon a country that had for so long silenced them. In the midst of this bohemian convergence, many notable figures arose who would give a new voice to African Americans. With such great notables as Countee Cullen, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale, and James Johnson, mainstream American now had a unique window into the

Have you ever help someone that try to do you wrong? ¨Thank You, M'am.¨ by Langston Hughes is about a woman that helps out a young man. ¨ A Victim Treats His Mugger Right¨ by Michael Garofalo is about a man that helps the guy that try to steal from him. Julio Diaz and Mrs. Jones both help this young boys in many ways when they try to do something bad to them.Mrs. Jones and Julio Diaz have many things in common.

The most important idea I have learned about this semester has to be about segregation of the blacks. This topic struck my interest because have you ever thought about how it would be if they were still treated as poorly as they were during these times? Well the person that was in this chapter was Langston Hughes, which was a poet that wrote about the black community and what they struggled with in their everyday lives. He would even compare the lives of African Americans to the lives of the whites. During the times of his poems, slavery was over but the mistreating of the blacks wasn’t. Hughes talked about the dream the African Americans had and how the whites were putting it off. As this chapter continued, we learned about a man named Martin Luther King Jr. He was a man that always stuck to what he believed in and never gave into the thoughts of other people. He uses his “I Have a Dream” speech to show how he felt about this problem they were having. In this speech he repeats “I have a Dream” many times to let the reader know that this is his main goal for the black community. He wants the blacks to be free and have the freedoms the whites have on a daily basis. He says “I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as

Andrea Serna Prof. Brill 6 May 2015 Let America be America Again During the Harlem Renaissance there was an enormous emergence of culture and social and political tensions. Along with the growing culture of the 1920’s, Langston Hughes’ poetry was discovered. Throughout the period Hughes was creating poetry many political incidents were occurring which caused Hughes to create “Let America be America Again.” This poem was created with an underlying tone of frustration and hope about the freedom America sells to its citizens.

Langston Hughes is regarded as one of the "most eloquent of American poets to have sung the wounds of political injustice." While some of his poetry can be classified as non-racial most of it can be categorized as literature of protest. Hughes background and personal beliefs were quite influential in his writing and it is reflected in his tremendous discontent for the "white man's world." Three of his works that that display this feeling and similar theme include "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Porter," and "Refugee in America."

Langston Hughes was a large influence on the African-American population of America. Some of the ways he did this was how his poetry influenced Martin Luther King Jr. and the Harlem Renaissance. These caused the civil rights movement that resulted in African-Americans getting the rights that they deserved in the United States. Hughes was born in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was young and his grandmother raised him. She got him into literature and education; she was one of the most important influences on him. He moved around a lot when he was young, due to his parents divorce, but remained a good student and graduated high school. After this he traveled the world and worked in different places, all the things he

“Life is Fine” by Langston Hughes was published in 1949. This poem tells the story of an individual who tried numerous times to commit suicide due to a failed relationship with a loved one. It also tells of the narrator’s triumph of overcoming these feelings and realization that life is fine.

In Langston Hughes essay “Salvation” he reveals how as a child he was plagued with the feeling of guilt and remorse when he had lied. Hughes was taught that lying was a sin but at the time he felt as though he was doing the right thing. In society people are taught to always be honest but there is a certain extent people go to because of the way they are supposed to conduct themselves in public. Although since children are more openly spoken and majority don't have the best manners overtime they are taught to what extent of honesty is acceptable. Situational ethics is not taught but in a way it's like common sense because being completely honest at times can come out as being rude depending on the situation. Hughes uses morals and children to reveal how easy it is for young to be pulled towards situational ethics.

Living in this world where all men are created equal according to the Declaration of Independence, is something that we all believe to be the true. However, in the early 1900’s it was hard living as an African American. “I, Too” describe the way that an African American was mistreated when the company of another race arrived for dinner. Langston Hughes usage of "I" helps to reiterate that he too is an American and doesn’t appreciate being treated any different because of his skin color. Hughes was a talented poet who used serious tones and metaphors as a way to mentally overcome racism and cling on to hope for a better tomorrow.

In many countries, marital rape either remains outside the criminal law, or is illegal but widely tolerated. Marital rape in the United States law, also known as spousal rape, is nonconsensual sex in which the perpetrator is the victim's spouse. Racism is a discrimination directed against someone of a different race. Freedom is hard to have in some places, therefore marital rape and race issues are similar because neither have the amount of closer needed.

Langston Hughes’ style is blues and jazz, he mainly writes poetry and short stories. He’s known for being the voice of African Americans in 1920s, beginning the Harlem Renaissance. He also gives his characters meaning, he uses characters to portray a bigger picture of the story. He also uses a lot of slang in his writing. His writing also provides his readers with a purpose to the story as way to empathize.

James Mercer Langston Hughes, also known as Langston Hughes, always had a female figure in his life. First his grandmother and then his mother. His love for literature had developed in high school. After graduation, he visited his father in Mexico and travelled around for a while before slipping a poem of his under a plate while serving a famous writer. His work soon become amongst African American and Americans. His work was mostly about the discrimination against African Americans in America at that time period. He had inspired many others to become the voice of African Americans through poetry and lectures. He was one of the first African American to earn his living “solely from his writing and public lectures”. He is also known for his involvement in Jazz and

Hughes really drives this theme home with certain lines in the poem. The speaker of this poem says “I’se been a-climbin’ on” (Hughes 1). This statement is very important in this poem. When the speaker says this, the reader knows right away that despite the bad things that happen in life the speaker is still moving forward. The speaker is saying this to her son so that in life he does not give up.

Not all poems fall into the category of epic poetry or ballads. Some pieces are short and concise rather than lengthy and elegant. A shorter poem may focus more thoroughly on diction, or the author’s specific choice of words, rather than things such as rhyme scheme or meter. Langston Hughes poem “Suicide’s Note” is a perfect example of this. Because it is only twelve words long, every single word is important and chosen carefully. This poem uses many literary techniques, none more than diction, to achieve its purpose. which is to focus on the split-second decision that is suicide.

Langston Hughes connects with his audience throughout his poetry by focusing on life's matters. He brings out the significance of life by talking about obstacles that many people encounter in their lives. As Ellen Bailey states, "His work as a poet, novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, essayist, editor, and lyricist focused on the lives of lower class black Americans," which is recalled in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", "and he often spoke out against racial injustice." But this poem is about all of humanity. "Life is Fine" by Langston Hughes is about staying optimistic when being challenged in life because it talks about many scenarios where the narrator wants to give up on life but never follows through because life is too good.