Bernie Madoff’s $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme Who is Bernie Madoff The Madoff investment scandal is the Ponzi scheme that former NASDAQ chairman Bernard Madoff confessed to in 2008. On March 12‚ 2009‚ Madoff pled guilty to 11 federal crimes and admitted to operating what has been called the largest investor fraud ever committed by an individual. On June 29‚ 2009‚ he was sentenced to 150 years in prison with restitution of $170 billion. According to the original federal charges‚ Madoff said that his
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"Life is Fine"‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is a poem written to explain the overall feelings of the poet during his lifetime. the sound devices and literary terms in the poem describe the feeling and put you into the authors shoes. The message of the poem is to tell you that suicide is never the answer. Langston Hughes uses situational irony and rhyme in the poem to create a wonderful and disastrous poem. Situational irony is used in the poem to explain how the author wants to do something‚ but then
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Langston Hughes 1902–1967 Langston Hughes was first recognized as an important literary figure during the 1920s‚ a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance" because of the number of emerging black writers. Du Bose Heyward wrote in theNew York Herald Tribune in 1926: "Langston Hughes‚ although only twenty-four years old‚ is already conspicuous in the group of Negro intellectuals who are dignifying Harlem with a genuine art life. . . . It is‚ however‚ as an individual poet‚ not as a member of a new
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Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” creates strong impressions in the reader by the uses of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images. As we learned on Professor’s Minassian Podcast featured on “Eye on Literature” dated January 26‚ 2007‚ Langston Hughes “was born on February 12th 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. He published his first poem “Negro speaks of Rivers” in 1921. Hughes became a prominent writer during the Harlem Renaissance.” Today I intend to discuss the use of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images in the poem entitled
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Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes The Harlem Renaissance brought about uniqueness amongst African Americans; everything was new. The visual art‚ the jazz music‚ fashion and literature took a cultural spin. During this time writer Langston Hughes seemed to outshine the rest with amazing works. The Harlem Renaissance brought about many great changes. It was a time for expressing the African American culture. It is variously known as the Harlem Renaissance‚ the Black Literary Renaissance
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Langston Hughes Throughout many of Langston Hughes’ poetry‚ there seems to be a very strong theme of racism. Poems such as "Ballad of the Landlord"‚ "I‚ Too"‚ and "Dinner Guest: Me" are some good examples of that theme. The "Ballad of the Landlord" addresses the issue of prejudice in the sense of race as well as class. The lines "My roof has sprung a leak. / Don’t you ’member I told you about it/ Way last week?" (Hughes 2/4) show the reader that the speaker‚ the tenant‚ is of a much lower
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Words of Wisdom “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair”. Mother to Son‚ written by Langston Hughes is a poem of a mother trying to give her child a heads up on life‚ and how hard it may get at times. Life has been difficult for her and she wants to make sure that her son will have a better life than the one that was given to her. She teaches him to have perseverance and make the right choices. Her words of wisdom are surely of an uneducated woman that has plenty of advice to offer. In this poem
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There are a lot of great poets‚ and among the greats is Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes’s poem “Theme for English B” talks about an essay he had to compose for his professor in college. The instructor informed the class that their essay should be one page and it should be about something deep. Hughes writes his essay based on his current background‚ his color‚ and how he is not different from the instructor‚ whom is white. Throughout his life Hughes experienced‚ racial and economic discrimination which
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One way to be an American is by seeing others Equally. In the poem “I‚ Too‚ Sing America”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ he writes about African American’s and how they were treated in the early 1900s. An American is a person who sees equality in everyone and in every race. American’s are not people who won’t accept others of a different skin color‚ such as Langston Hughes‚ who is an African-American. To Hughes an american is someone who will “see how beautiful I am and be ashamed”. This is showing that one
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In the poem “Harlem” by Langston hughes i felt that it was very simple and easy to understand‚ being that it was written in the 1950’s and at that time it was a time where people(minorities) had a hope of being free and actually being able to live without any persecution being in the united states. and it was at a time where wwll was still in the hearts of many and would have been very odd that ameicans would go and help free another country beiong that their was still segregation in America and
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