Analysis Langston Huges Theme For English B

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The instructor directs the poet to write at home, at night and from the heartand soul of the writer. The instructor is Caucassion, the poet black and or African American. The poet finds it necessary to begin by describing hissurroundings. Harlem is usually a strong sign that the residents are black.He resides at the YMCA showing he is also in a low income bracket. Herepeats his age as he feels it should reflect his wisdom at 22 which cannot compete with the instructor being his senior. Although he admits liking the same or similar things in life he still expresses the feeling of being segregated as he is black and the instructor is white. He admits

learning from the instructor but reminds him that he, the instructor, also learnsfrom him. People are interesting and cultures add that interest. This particular poem was chosen by me because in so few words so much was expressed..The poet could not identify himself without identifying with the instructor. He attempted to be equal yet was consistently reminding the instructorthat he was black. The poem reiterates the quote of being “white and free” as to being black and minority. There is strength in numbers that is why blacks feelweek. I found this poem interesting as the instructor tried to include the poet in his life, which he did but showing not black or white but “a gray area”