Langston Huges Ideas In Maya Angelou's Diggings

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When Langston Huges was twelve years old he was going to church with his Aunt Reed. He was attending a revival where people from the church pray and sing, and sinners are “brought to Christ”. A young Huges I believe was nervous with a hint of anticipation. When he was brought forth to the mourner's bench, Huges recalls what his aunt told him about what happens when Jesus “comes into you”. He describes her as saying “you saw a light, and something happened to you inside”. Huges goes on to tell us that the preacher preached a “wonderful rhythmical sermon” but that there would be “one little lamb left out in the cold”. Then the children ran to the alter and went to Jesus. All but two Huges and Westly son of a rounder. After Westly proclaims…show more content…
Maya was raised under two commandments, “Thou shall not be dirty” and “Thou shall not be impudent.” Spending most of her younger days with her grandmother in there general store, she came across a lot of “powhitetrash”. These were white people who were basically a polar opposite of Maya. They were disrespectful, rude, loud, bossy, and were treated differently by Maya's grandmother. Maya thought maybe better sometimes. Maya learned her lesson one day when a group of the white girls came to the store and disrespected her grandmother calling her names, and imitating her. Yet when they all went on there way they said bye to Maya's grandmother, and she replied by saying bye to them and addressing them as “Miz'. This sent Maya into a rage out of which came the knowledge that not every fight needs to be fought. Lastly, Malcolm X writes about how he learned to read, write, and articulate both on and off paper. He talks about how he copied pages from the dictionary everyday and would read aloud to himself what he had written. Then waking up knowing more than he did the day before drove him to pursue his education. He tell of how he wrote to common criminals, and political figures, and how he never received a reply because he couldn't express himself on paper. Malcolm knew knowledge was

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