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Critics thought of him and his work as a good poet and an even better writer who made a major difference in the Harlem renaissance. Harold Bloom thought that “Thomas hardy, with his acute sense of life’s ironies, might have admired Sterling Brown’s Rain Which Precedes Robert Penn Warren in reviving Hardy’s Sprit” (5). Blyden Jackson a critic of the time likes Sterling Brown because he is a great poet and how Brown uses dialect with precision. David Littlejohn said that “Brown Attempted to do for the south what Langston Hughes did for the north” (Bloom 19). People thought that Brown’s irony was sharp, his ideas were exciting, and he was not only and protestor of his time but one of the first times.
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“Through his long career as a professional writer, Hughes remained true to the African American heritage he celebrated in his writings, which were frankly ”racial in theme and treatment, derived from the life I know” (1131 Meyer) . All of his poems inspiration comes from his life and experiences dealing with racism, segregation, and overall struggle for the average black man and woman. “I Too”, “motto”, and “High to Low” each explain their own stories of his struggles, and of others. Langston Hughes is one of the few that can write out his poems in a simplistic manner to paint a vivid picture of the struggles of African – American and also help give that sense of “You are not alone” feel. “I too” Is a poem that speaks about the racial times in America.
The author explores the value of the artistic potential found in the black people and the manner that it has been absorbed into the American culture. The position of the black race has always faced series of criticisms and often been considered feeble.3 The author suggests that the only remedy to the matter is to behave as if there is no color difference between human races. After many years of holding back the true Negro
| Comparison Essay | Brandon Simmons | October 10, 2012 | The purpose of this essay is to compare “The Library Card” written by Richard Wright and “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” written by Alice Walker. These essays were written by two African American authors. Wright was born in 1908 and Walker was born in 1944. They grew up in the south during the times when America was segregated and African Americans were not free to do whatever they wanted to. Many of their stories were written about the struggles of blacks.
Those live in the district New York City during the 1920’s and 30’s. The Harlem Renaissance was the foundations of the movement for social and political thought. One black political leader W.E.B Du Bois, editor of the influential Magazine The Crisis rejected the notion that black racial pride through an emphasis on an African cultural heritage. The writers associated with the movement, did not constitute school, nor were they guided by a common literary purpose? They had common, however, the experience of their race, and their writing formed the first substantial body of literature to deal with the black life from a black perceptive (Huggins