Langston Hughes Homework Help

What underhanded quality did Berry sense in the house?

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Thomas Jefferson once said, "I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past." Why do  you think Langston Hughes would agree...

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What year did Langston Hughes graduate from high school?

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In comparing Langston Hughes' two poems, "Song for a Dark Girl" and "Harlem Sweeties," are the similarities or differences more striking? 

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I need help with the summaries and analyses of the poems, "I,Too" and "Theme for English B"    

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I need help with a summary and/or analysis of the poem Mother to Son by Langston Hughes

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In "Salvation," what does the author mean when he says, "I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved." 

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Compare the tone of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address to Hughes' tone in "As I Grew Older."

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Compare and Contrast the ways the poems, "Daybreak in Alabama" by Langston Hughes and "The Planet on the Table" by Wallace Stevens, represent...

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Compare and contrast the moods of "The Weary Blues" and "Harlem", both by Langston Hughes.Find similarities as well as differences, and cite...

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Can anyone tell me the poems "Sister" and "Necessity" by Langston Hughes?If you dont know those how about "Questions", 'Numbers", "Request",...

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What are challenges the character faced in the story "Berry" by Langston Hughes?

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In the poem "As I Grew Older" by Langston Hughes, what was the writer's dream and what has caused him to lose it? I don't think the dream is...

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Discuss "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes.

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Explain the poem "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes. 

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What is the theme for the poem "Refugee in America" by Langston Hughes?

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Are there any writings about why he wrote "Black Nativity"?

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Compare/contrast Langston Hughes poems "As I Grew Older" and " I too sing America "

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what literary elements are used in "Who's Passing for Who?" by Langston Hughes?

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"A dream is a goal in life, not just dreams experienced during sleep." Explain this statement with reference to the poem "A Dream Deferred."

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Compare/contrast Langston Hughes poems "Mother to Son", "The Negro Mother" and "Thank You. Ma'am."

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Discuss literary devices used by Langston Hughes in his poem "Dreams."

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Explore the significance of the use of images that the poet associates with dreams being deferred.

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When Langston Hughes wrote "The Ballad of Booker T," what did he see as Booker T. Washington's lesson for the next generation of blacks in...

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why do you think the women took the boy home?

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In Soul Gone Home, why didn't Ronnie realize his mother was a bad mother until he died?Ronnie says that he never realized how poor a mother...

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What would Langston Hughes think of race relations in America today?

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If "Thank You Ma'am" was written with Roger as a first person narrator, how would that change the significance of perspective in the work?

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What does the dialogue between Roger and Mrs. Jones in “Thank You, Ma’am" reveal about their characterizations?

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Describe the significance of Hughes' description of Mrs. Jones' physicality and personality.

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What pertinent message does Langston send in this peice?aspects of Simple

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What techniques does Hughes use to characterize the mother in Mother to Son?

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How does Langston Hughes and Richard Wright address the idea of race in America?

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What would be an appropriate introduction for this poem with my students?

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In "The Weary Blues"  by Langston Hughes, how does the poet use imagery to depict freedom?

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What metric is the poem in, is it in stanza form, free verse, blank verse, etc?

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In regards to the two poems "Visitors to the Black Belt" and "Notes on Commercial Theatre," how does Langston Hughes express his concern with...

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What is the overall theme of "Let America be America Again" by Langston Hughes?

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Could someone please a questions about Langston Hughes and his poems?WWhat role does freedom play in the poems from this unit? Choose three of...

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What is the plot of the play Soul Gone Home?

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What are the messages in the play "Soul Gone Home?"

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What is the purpose of the poem Cross by Langston Hughes? Needs to be arguable please.My old man's a white old man And my old mother's...

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How is the figurative language used to describe the mood of "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes? What are the effects of the use of...

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How does Langston Hughes attempt to reconstruct modernism in the service of radical politics and vision in "Song for a Dark Girl"?

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what are similarities  Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman poems have in common?  

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What is the tone of Langston Hughes' "I, Too, Sing America"?Please give the words that help set the tone. I am the darker brother.They send me...

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what is the tone for the poem "Motto?.by langston hughes

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What literary devices does Langston Hughes use in 'Let America Be America Again?I know what the poem is about, the tone etc. but can't find...

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What were Langston Hughes' major contributions to American Literature?

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After reading Claude McKay's poem "If We Must Die," and the Langston Hughes poem "I, Too, Sing America," what do you believe are their...

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