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Day 2: "Theme for English B" Analysis By Langston Hughes (15 points possible) ***Refer to your Day1 Part of this assignment to make your work easier, please*** DIrections: 1. Use the following link to access the Langston Hughes poem “Theme for English B.” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47880/theme-for-english-b Here is a video link of the poem being read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rekrCJi2QNQ 2. After reading and listening to the poem at least 2 times, please answer the following question: (10 points) : What juxtapositions do you notice in this poem? Please support your answer with AT LEAST TWO QUOTES from the poem. PLEASE BEGIN YOUR RESPONSE HERE: “I guess being colored doesn’t make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races” and “You are white- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you”. The writer compares the speaker with the professor and speaks about the differences between them. He creates a juxtaposition between the instructor and the speaker because the speaker emphasized that he is "colored." This juxtaposition shows different cultural experiences of the two men.

3. In your own words, what is the poem about? What messages or ideas is Hughes trying to get through to the reader through his use of juxtaposition? (5 Points) PLEASE BEGIN YOUR RESPONSE HERE: The message Hughes is trying to get through the reader through the use of juxtaposition is the identification of being a black male in a racist society. He shows the struggle of a black person by comparing his life to his white professor and wants the readers to see the difference of black and white person in a society that makes whites look like the superior....