Bop By Langston Hughes Analysis

You and Simple In a dark time for African Americans in the land of the free Langston Hughes shines a light on the struggle of keeping one 's cultural identity when faced with oppression in the year of 1949. Readers of his article entitled, "Bop" are enthralled in a story where Hughes draws a parallel between what Bop music is and is not,in the form of a dialogue between two African American men. Hughes draws his readers in with descriptive imagery with a first person perspective and stylises his article in a way in which the message is easily accessible to general readers. And teaches in a passive way through the form of a question answer dialogue between two men on opposite sides of an issue.
With his use of descriptive imagery Hughes envelops the reader into his world and puts them in the place of the unnamed narrator. Hughes
Through the character of Simple, Hughes says, " 'Be-Bop music was certainly colored folks ' music - which is why white folks found it so hard to imitate. But there are some few white boys that latched onto it right well '"(191).While being about the struggle of African-Americans, Hughes does a terrific job at not alienating white readers so that his message is universal. While explaining the origin of Bop music Simple explains, " 'That 's why so many white folks don 't dig Bop ' [...] 'White folks do not get their heads beat just for being white '"(191). Hughes was a well known writer and incredibly articulate but as we see here in "Bop" he speaks in layman. It is an example of Hughes attempt to give simple facts or actual truth but instead of telling these things harshly and angrily he tries to sweeten them with a little sarcastic humor. In doing so he gives people of varying education level the ability to read and appreciate his