One Friday Morning

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One Friday Morning The short story ”One Friday Morning” written by Langston Hughes, is a great picture of the American society. America is only what who believe in it make it, it is not finished yet something have to be changed for the American dream to come true. That is what Langston Hughes’ story is about. He brings in themes like racism, equal rights between human beings, racial and national pride and of course the American dream. His biggest aim is to show the world how black people are treated. That America really does not fulfil the American dream about all men being equal, does not live up to the declaration of independence. He also wants to protect the black people’s rights and make them feel more secure about being collared. His point of views and dissatisfaction is easily to be seen between the lines in his telling about Nancy Lee You can say that Langston Hughes uses Nancy as his mouth piece. Nancy went to a normal high school in the North of America. She was a smart, good looking, and very intelligent girl, who did excellent in school. She was joining the art class, singing in the school musical, and playing basketball in her spare time. Still her white classmates looked upon her as collared. Her mother was a secretary, and her father a mailman. They were all three together living a middle class life in a good neighbourhood. Her family had worked hard to get Nancy to a good school which could give her the opportunity to really become something. Every year in school, an art prize is given to the student behind the best picture in art class. This year the prize was dedicated to Nancy Lee. She had painted a beautiful and idyllic painting of a accidental spring day in the city park. Children were playing around, smiling, an old woman was sitting on a bench looking at the American flag, which was placed on the top of a high pole. The
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