Misjudging People In Thank You, Ma Am By Langston Hughes

     People always listen to music, watch movies or plays, and even read poetry without once even thinking what is could be that helps and artist eventually create a masterpiece. Often times, it is assumed that artists just have a “gift”, and people just do not consider the circumstances and situations that gradually mold a dormant idea into a polished reality. This seems to be the case with nearly every famous actor, writer, painter, or musician; including the ever-famous Langston Hughes.

The theme in “open letter to the South” by Langston Hughes is centered on racism and segregation. During the time the poem was written, everyone was separated by race and everyone focused on his or her own benefits. However, Hughes suggests that the working class (black and whites) were in the same situation and that they could accomplish great things if they worked together “In union lies our strength.” (Hughes 663) The author uses a lot of symbolism, for example when he says “let us became instead, you and I, one single hand” (Hughes 663) is referring to the union that hands together represent, they as workers needed to support each other to make things easier for them. As humans, we are selfish by nature and a lot of times we forget about

In paragraph eleven of the essay, Hughes refers to his own artistic endeavours. The string of questions in this paragraph contribute to the development of his argument by anticipating some counterarguments, or objections to his argument. It also shows that he has faced a lot of criticism for doing what he loves, as have many other Black artists, yet he continues to do it. This contributes to his argument that despite criticism, Black artists will continue to paint, sing, write, and dance.

The use of character foil in “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes reveals how Mrs. Jones shows herself through Roger. Mrs. Jones and Rogers contrast with one another ends up allowing Roger to bring out the best in himself. The story begins with Mrs. Jones not punishing Roger for trying to steal her purse but acting compassionate and helpful to Roger. The large woman, Mrs. Jones brings Roger back to her home and lets him wash his face and he asks ¨You gonna take me to jail?” asked the boy, bending over the sink. ¨Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere,¨ said the woman.¨ (pg.2) Mrs. Jones shows the quality of being kind to the boy who tried to snatch her pocketbook, which reveals that she is a good person. Mrs. Jones showed her personality

after reading reviews from him thank you ma'am I have came up with a few similarities and one difference one somewhere or is that the setting in another is the characters change of heart the differences how the short stories end

George denied how dangerous Lennie had become and eventually it came back to bite him. As it is explained in the poem ‘Harlem’ by Langston Hughes, things suppressed will eventually explode. When a problem is ignored, then left to the catalyst, it will then be brought to action. This is exactly what happened with Lennie. George ignored Lennie’s dangerous ignorance, then allowed him to be around unstable people, and as a result: Lennie harmed someone else when provoked.

Hughes’ famous poem, I, Too, was written in the mid 1920’s. Similar to most African Americans pioneers in this era, he felt strongly about “racial segregation,” (Ilieva and Lennox 1) or racial inequality and used his writings to voice his opinion on the issue. In I, Too, Hughes states that he is the “darker brother” (713) of America, meaning that he is a member of the African American community. At this particular time, racial inequality was a common issue for African Americans. Jim Crow laws were in effect to keep African Americans from receiving equal treatment as White Americans. Further evaluating stanza two from I, Too, Hughes says “They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes” (713) showing a time of racial inequality. Along

When driving through any state in America, it is hard not to notice the segregation that often establishes itself throughout the neighborhoods; there exists a clear distinction what streets are predominantly populated by White, Black, Hispanic, Arab, or other racial groups. According to recent analysis of the U.S. Census Data, “Chicago is the most diverse city, as well as the most segregated” (chicago.cbslocal.com). This raises the question of whether or not Chicago has also joined the bandwagon of so many cities across the United States where it has become an accepted social circumstance that every ethnic, racial, political, or religious group in a community must stand alone to overcome their own struggles and “fight their own battles”. Chicago is a city that defies the pattern of separation in activism. Chicago has become the symbol not

James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was very small, and his father (who found American racism made his desires to be a lawyer impossible) left the family and emigrated to Mexico. Hughes' mother moved with her child to Lawrence, Kansas, so she and he could live with his grandmother, Mary Langston.

Langston Hughes: “Why, You Reckon?” In many stories we read that discuss racism, we only see their point of view of the other races, particularly African American. We are not shown how all the white people felt about their lives. While it is often easy to see how white’s felt about the colored, we are not often shown how they felt about the details and events that took place in their everyday lives.

“Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoveries of knowledge.” -- Albert Einstein

Langston Hughes was one of the first black men to express the spirit of blues and jazz

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm despite how great a government system is, it is only as good as the people who govern. Animal Farm is a story about oppressed animals overthrowing their humans and taking control over the farm. However things were fine up until the pigs started turning corrupt. The story is told through the eyes of a common animal and the events that occurred on Animal Farm. The narrator is never known but it is apparent that is it just a common animal and this gives the retelling of the events on Animal Farm to be unbiased. Napoleon along with the other pigs used their rhetoric, diction, and symbolism to seize control of Animal Farm and eventually turn Animal Farm into a dictatorship. While the other animals were either exiled, killed, or accepted the new Napoleon regime.

In Hughes poems, he talks about the dilemma of the difference between black and white from a prejudice state of mind. “Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. I like a pipe for a Christmas present, or records-Bessie, bop, or Bach. I guess being colored doesn’t make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races” (Theme for English B, Ln 20-25), Hughes explains in Theme for English B, that his life is no different than his white professor’s life, and his likes, and

The story of Moses begins when a man from the Levi tribe married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant then gave birth to a healthy son. Afraid of him being murdered, she hid him for three months. When she was no longer able to hide him, she placed him into a tar covered basket and placed the basket along the bank of the Nile. The daughter of the Levite woman stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. The basket floated down the river and got stuck in some weeds. The daughter of the Pharaoh was bathing in the Nile and spotted the basket. She sent her female slave to retrieve the basket and the female slave did so. The Pharaoh 's daughter opened the basket and saw the crying baby, and