Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks / Poetic Visions of Reality
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A 7 page piece that seeks to prove that Gwendolyn Brooks' 'We Real Cool, The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel,' and Langston Hughes' 'A Dream Deferred' are not mere observations about life on the streets, they are poems that speak of dashed dreams. They were not penned merely to express internal or external suffering observed, but for the love of community. They were written not merely to point out desolation in the community, but to point out the necessity for self-empowerment. The poems spoke of the present, how it relates to the past and its relationship to the future. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Langwen.wps

Langston Hughes' 'Mulatto' / The Distortion Of Modernism
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An 8 page paper discussing this important play by Langston Hughes. It shows why the white community saw the play in a distorted way; they were looking through the lens of modernism for reflections of their own dilemmas. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Mulatto.wps

Langston Hughes' 'Salvation' / Disillusionment
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A 5 page paper on a short essay by this well-known twentieth century writer. The paper shows how the conflict between Langston's expectations of what would happen at the revival meeting and his aunt's expectations for him caused his ultimate disillusionment. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Langsalv.wps

Langston Hughes' 'Theme for English B' / 'Coloredness'
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A 5 page explication of Langston Hughes' poem. The paper looks particularly at the difference between the stark dictionary definition of the word 'colored' and how it functions for Hughes as a badge of inferiority placed on him by white people. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Hughes3.wps