Theme for English B Write a literary analysis essay not a summary for “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes Focus on analyzing themes, writing styles or other aspects of the work. Should contain information from at least one scholarly article. Use in text citations.
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Explain how the works of Garvey and du Bois created the foundation of the modern American Civil Rights movement.
Explain how the works of Garvey and du Bois created the foundation of the modern American Civil Rights movement. Use quotes from both of these author’s works to support your analysis. Garvey’s ideas, at the time, were popular but also very controversial and many writers of the era disagreed with him. Why might writers such […]
How does Hansberry develop the thematic idea of leaving a legacy to one’s children?
Discussion Board Question – Raisin Read Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry (you could use the attached link https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/raisin/summary/ for reference) and need answers for the below two of the posted questions. Answers should be brief and precise. Usually, a few sentences are sufficient, but feel free to add more as needed. 1. The […]
compare and contrast how Walt Whitman in and Langston Hughes in both use rhetorical choices to achieve their purposes for each one of their texts.
One-paragraph rhetorical essay Directions: In a one-paragraph rhetorical essay, compare and contrast how Walt Whitman in and Langston Hughes in both use rhetorical choices to achieve their purposes for each one of their texts. Explain whether you feel they were successful, or not.
What is The Significance of His Use of Metaphors in Relation to His Themes?
Question Langston Hughes’s poems The Weary Blues and Harlem: What is The Significance of His Use of Metaphors in Relation to His Themes? Topic Statement In “The Weary Blues” and “Harlem,” Langston Hughes uses metaphors to express the theme of Black culture, racism, and dreams. Topic Sentence 1 (for the first body paragraph) In addition […]
What is the meaning of home for Roy in Langston’s Hughes’ short story, “Home”?
Some of the themes that appear often in the short stories and poems of Langston Hughes include dreams both realized and deferred, and the meaning of home In “Home” and “Passing,” we encountered each of these themes in different ways. For your first short answers paper, you will write about these themes in “Home” and […]
What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore and then run?
Harlem poem analysis Write an essay analysis about this poem called Harlem by Langston Hughes. the poem is below What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? […]
Discuss how it speaks to your (the reader’s) mind (intellect)-Discuss how it speaks the your (the reader’s) feelings (emotions)
Read “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” page 257, and listen to Langston Hughes reading his poem on this link Read “I Too,” page 257, and listen to Langston reading it on this link Read “Mother to Son”, page 261 and listen to Hughes read it on this link Poetry speaks to the mind (intellect) […]
