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    Langston Hughes’s poem‚ “Dreams”‚ inspires the reader to pursue dreams. Hughes’s poem‚ emphasizes the importance of dreams and their ability to empower‚ strengthen‚ and embrace an individual’s life. Although it is a short poem‚ it holds a lot of inspiring thoughts. The simile used by Hughes’s to illustrate the meaning of the poem was peculiar and incredible. This poem is inspiring. The carefully chosen words to interpret make it even more fascinating. The meaning of the poem “Dreams” captures

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    In the poem “Dreams”‚ langston Hughes uses imagery to convey that life would be useless without dreams. First of all‚ Hughes uses metaphor in the first stanza to show how life would be meaningless without dreams. The narrator states that “Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly” (3-4). The metaphor that was used in this sentence‚ means that there is no point of the bird if it doesn’t have wings because the purpose of the is to fly. Then‚ the author compares life with a broken-winged bird that

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    moment in their life when they come to a sudden realization. In Langston Hughes’ "Salvation"‚ contrary to all expectations‚ a young Hughes is not saved by Jesus‚ but is saved from his own innocence. "Salvation" is the story of a young boy who has an experience of revelation. While attending a church revival‚ he comes to the sudden realization that Jesus will not physically come save him. In the first three sentences of the essay‚ the speaker adopts a very childlike style. He makes use of simple

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    ways. In the poems "Harlem" and "Weary Blues" Langston Hughes uses language that effectively communicates the overall themes of both poems and relates to the African American experience at the time. The literary elements used in “Harlem” help Langston Hughes effectively communicate the overall theme of dreams and its relation to the African American experience. The poem “Harlem” is about a deferred dream and what happens to

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    Salvation In Langston Hughes’ autobiography‚ “Salvation‚” he shares his childhood experience of his Auntie Reed’s Christian church. Going into the revival‚ Hughes’ expectantly waited for Jesus to come save him; “to see Jesus.” What was supposed to be a religiously enlightening moment of his life transpired to be a disheartening realization that Jesus’s existence could have very well resulted from mass hysteria. He revolves his experience around the confusion resulted from miscommunication between

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    Dreams: Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was born on February 1‚ 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. Hughes was probably the most well-known literary force during the Harlem Renaissance. He was one of the first known black artists to stress a need for his generations to embrace the black jazz culture of the 1920s‚ as well as the cultural roots in Africa and not so distant memory of enslavement in the United States. In November 1924‚ Hughes finished his book of poetry‚ subsequently he wrote his second novel

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    the author James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri. He was an accomplished African American poet‚ novelist‚ columnist‚ playwright‚ memoirist‚ and author of short stories. During this time period in the United States‚ African Americans were not treated equally and segregated based on race. When Hughes and his mother moved to Topeka‚ Kansas‚ Langston attended an all-white school near his house instead of an all-black school that was a distance away (Jerison). Langston proved to his peers

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    The Langston Hughes Affect Langston Hughes was deemed the "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race‚" a fitting title which the man who fueled the Harlem Renaissance deserved. But what if looking at Hughes within the narrow confines of the perspective that he was a "black poet" does not fully give him credit or fully explain his works? What if one actually stereotypes Hughes and his works by these over-general definitions that causes readers to look at his poetry expecting to see "blackness”? There are

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    Langston’s Lie In his essay called “Salvation”‚ Langston Hughes recalls how he was introduced to religion and the church. He goes to say that at thirteen years old he was brought to his Aunt Reed’s church and was told that he needed to be saved by Jesus Christ. At the ceremony‚ while all the other children went up to accept Jesus‚ Langston and another child named Westley remained seated. As the congregation prayed and the priest sang psalms‚ Westley cracked under the pressure and went up to the

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    LANGSTON HUGHES DORIS YAO INTRODUCTION James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1‚ 1902 – May 22‚ 196 7) was an American poet‚ social activist‚ novelist‚ playwright‚ and c olumnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new liter ary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue"‚ which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue". THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS • I’ve known

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