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  • Analysis of Langston Hughes' Poems

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    How can the voice of one individual represent or engulf the many hidden voices of a repressed people Langston Hughes a prominent figure in American literature captures at best both the pride and plight of the African American people at the turn of the twentieth century He had written hundreds of literary pieces by the time of his death in May 1967 a few of those pieces were The Big Sea 1940 I Wonder as I Wander 1956 The Weary Blues 1926 and The Negro Speaks of Rivers 1921 One of his most famous

  • Epiphanies In The Dead

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    Many people in society feel alienated from the world and separated from their fellow man while others try to find meaning which escapes them In James Joyces The Dead Gabriel Conroy faces both these problems and questions his own identity due to a series of encounters that lead him to an epiphany about his relationship to the world This epiphany grants him a new beginning Gabriels progression from one who feels disconnected to one who has hope parallels Joyces changing view of Ireland from findi

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