Langston Hughes Group at eNotes

To answer this question fully, I think it would be necessary to compare...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:26:07 PST

To answer this question fully, I think it would be necessary to compare and contrast specific works. I don't have such works on hand at the moment, but I'm confident that I can make a generalization or two. The two writers both address racial discimination in the early 20th century, but they do so in different ways. Hughes is well known for his use of humor and subtle irony, his technigue, as he calls it in more than one place, of "laughing to...

How do Langston Hughes and Richard Wright address the idea of race in...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:35:07 PST

How do Langston Hughes and Richard Wright address the idea of race in America? How would you describe the overall tone of their work?

The primary setting of the Revival is critical to Hughes' work. The...

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:02:48 PST

The primary setting of the Revival is critical to Hughes' work. The staging of it, the elevated platform where all the children who took the name of the Lord in order to be "saved," as well as the crowd and their expressions are all vital to the development of the story. The narrator is probably the most critical character, as we understand more of his own sense of spirituality and the perception of the world, in the process. Along with...

What significant roles do the setting and the supporting characters play...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:33:06 PST

What significant roles do the setting and the supporting characters play in the story "Salvation" by Langston Hughes?

Oh poet, I am a friend of yours, and I say: If you are confronted with a...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:32:15 PST

Oh poet, I am a friend of yours, and I say: If you are confronted with a wall that blocks you from getting to your dream which is on the other side of the wall, you have a number of choices: You can try to climb over the wall; you can try to dig under the wall; you can try to break down the wall; you can, in its dark, oppressive shadow, try to slowly chip away at the wall; or you can try to go around the wall. Or You can try to see the...

Imagine you are a friend of the black boy in the poem " AS I GREW OLDER...

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:25:32 PST

Imagine you are a friend of the black boy in the poem " AS I GREW OLDER " by Langston Hughes .How would you help him to find his dream?

This question really isn't yet clearly phrased. Are you wanting help...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 08:56:10 PST

This question really isn't yet clearly phrased. Are you wanting help designing a lesson plan centered around Hughes' short poem "Harlem" (aka "A Dream Deferred")? a lesson plan design will be determined by the age range of the students, of course. The internet is full of sample lesson plans on Hughes, a number of which address this particuar poem. See the sample links given below. They do not often incorporate the language of...

I agree with what the previous poster says, but I would encourage you to...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:38:26 PST

I agree with what the previous poster says, but I would encourage you to begin answering your question by defining the word "tone" for your own purposes. "Tone" is not the same as "theme," for example; all three poems can indeed be read as addressing the black person's place in contemporary society, but the poems differ significantly in tone. You will probably want to look up defnitions of the term "tone" in several sources and pay...

One of the critical elements of tone in each of these poems is the...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:52:33 PST

One of the critical elements of tone in each of these poems is the articulation of what it means to live in an America that possesses challenges in fulfilling its promises to all of its citizens. In these poems, I would pay attention to the words and lines which indicate that there is a gap between what has been professed and what is delivered. For example, in "I, Too," the idea of being told to eat in the kitchen with the reference of...

How do I compare and contrast the tones of these three poems from...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:16:25 PST

How do I compare and contrast the tones of these three poems from Langston Hughes: I, Too, Negro Speaks of Rivers, and Theme for English B?

"Literature of encounter," being defined as the writing of one culture...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:29:06 PST

"Literature of encounter," being defined as the writing of one culture in an apprehension of the cultural other, is present in Langston Hughes's "Theme for English B." As a freshman in college, the "only colored student in my class," Hughes expresses some anxiety about writing his theme. However, as he considers what to write, Hughes realizes that while he is part of Harlem, Harlem is also part of New York: "The steps from the hill lead...

How is “Theme for English B” an example of literature of encounter?

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:51:01 PST

How is “Theme for English B” an example of literature of encounter?

State the learning objective and level of mastery for each domain in...

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 00:01:22 PST

State the learning objective and level of mastery for each domain in "Harlem" according to Bloom's taxonomy: cognitive, affective and psychomotor

Langston Hughes can be considered on the short list of America's great...

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:33:11 PST

Langston Hughes can be considered on the short list of America's great writers. His essay "Salvation" proves this. Like so much of Hughes' work, there are notes of joy, humor, sadness, and abject reality that are struck with such clear definition that one is left to consider the mass of contradictory feelings presented. Indeed, there is humor present. When Hughes describes the crowd at the revival, as well as the childlike way of...

In his essay, Salvation by Langston Hughes, do you find the piece...

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:13:26 PST

In his essay, Salvation by Langston Hughes, do you find the piece amusing, or serious, or both? Explain.

The questions that follow the primary question are rhetorical questions....

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 17:33:01 PST

The questions that follow the primary question are rhetorical questions. They are asked for effect and the answers are understood: "yes." (Using rhetorical questions is a very effective persuasive technique.) By creating this catalog of rhetorical questions, Hughes presents the various terrible consequences that result from dreams being frustrated or postponed. He saves his strongest question (and strongest consequence) for the poem's...

I don't think that Hughes actually answers his main question because he...

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:25:33 PST

I don't think that Hughes actually answers his main question because he is simply trying to get his readers to ask this question themselves. He does subtly direct what the answer to his main question might be because all of his following questions carry a negative connotation. The structure of his poem--following a question with other questions--is actually similar to Socratic discussions. Hughes starts the "discussion" with his main...

Part of what makes Hughes answering a question with more questions is...

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:03:53 PST

Part of what makes Hughes answering a question with more questions is that the topic matter he is exploring is so multi- dimensional. When he ponders about "What happens to a dream deferred," Hughes is asking a powerful question about what happens when dreams die. There is ample discussion about how to accomplish dreams, or what happens when you achieve your dreams, but there is little about what happens when dreams are set aside, denied,...

Langston Hughes

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:39:29 PST

Why does Langston Hughes answer his main question with a list of questions and is he expressing political of societal values?

The poem about a "Dream Deferred, " or "Harlem," or "Montage of a Dream...

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:44:48 PST

The poem about a "Dream Deferred, " or "Harlem," or "Montage of a Dream Deferred" represents Langston Hughes' exploration of the results of dreams that are set aside or dismissed. The poem explores the different and varied results of this deferral, or denial of one's most sacred of visions, their dreams. In a world which encourages individuals to dreams, and outwardly professes the benefit of dreaming, there is an opposite message sent to...