Modernist author project (1)

A:

Langston Hughes wrote in several literary genres. However even though he wrote plays, novels, and stories he is best known for his poems. When it comes to poetry Hughes is someone who everyone knows for his great poems. Some his poems have freedom and race as the central theme.

Hughes was one of the earliest innovators of the then new literary art form jazz poetry. He was also known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Hoping to escape racism Hughes father moved to Cuba and later on Mexico.  During the 1800’s and 1900’s is known that African American suffered discrimination. This might had influenced Hughes when he wrote some of his poems. We all can agree that he felt proud of being African American. One of his popular poems that present racism and pride is “You and your whole race”. Probably Hughes used this poem to criticized society for being ignorant and being racist towards other humans. Langston Hughes definitely wanted freedom for his people that is the message you can find in his poems.        

There is a connection between racism and freedom. When someone is discriminated they don’t feel free. That’s why freedom was an important thing that motivated Hughes to write poems. One of the poems where Hughes talks about freedom is “Democracy”. In this poem Hughes gives us the message that we need freedom because freedom is something necessary for humans. He concludes saying “I want freedom just as you.” This proves he wasn’t someone selfish who only thought in himself he wanted good things for everyone.

Langston Hughes is definitely someone who left us a legacy of poetry. Using his poems as social critics he showed he was against racism. He also used them to tell his readers that freedom is necessary in their lives. His poems will motivate us to give something positive to our society and express our ideas and thoughts.

B: 

"Freedom is a strong seed planted in a great need."  Hughes compares freedom with a seed planted a great need, This means that freedom is something essential that we must have.

"I want freedom just as you." Hughes is not being selfish. He talks directly to the readers and lets them know that everyone wants freedom.

"Life is for the living death is for the dead." Hughes tells us to enjoy life when we are alive. He also lets us know that once we are dead we are only dead.

"The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow." This is a perfect example of how the words rhyme. His message is to prevent negative things that can affect our future.

"I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's  bread." In this quote he argues that freedom is essential. He does it by saying that freedom is necessary when you are alive not when you are dead.

Modernist author project (1)

1.Biography identity of the author:
A: -I am African American -I am a poet-I am part of the Harlem Renaissance-I am someone humble-I am someone who has overcome obstacles.
B: Langston Hughes  was an amazing poet he was also probably the first rapper in america. When he was a child his life wasn't easy. His parents separated and he had to move to live with her grandma he live in a lot of cities until they settle in Cleveland ,Ohio.  This shows he was someone who had a  hard time through out his life. He is seeing as someone humble, his poetry was admired by many people. He is seeing as a contributor of the Harlem Renaissance.
C: 1. Living in different cities.
     2. He came form a humble family.
     3. Freedom.
     4. Race.
     5. His dreams and expectations.
D: "An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he must choose."
"I, too, am American."
" I guess being colored doesn't make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races."

Brave new world chapter 5

Henry and Lenina fly in a helicopter over a crematorium where phosphorus is collected from burning bodies and then used as fertilizer. Then both of them start to consume a lot of soma. Bernard is at the Fordson community Singery. Everyone in that place starts to comsume soma and start doing things that make Bernard feel isolated.

Brave new world chapter 4 notes

Lenina tells Bernard that she accepts his invitation to go to the savage reserve, which makes Bernard feel embarrassed because she told him in front of coworkers. Bernard betrays his insecurity about his size. The lower castes associate larger size with higher status so he has trouble getting others to follow his orders. Bernard goes to visit his friend Helmholtz Watson who works as a lecturer at the college of emotional engineering. 

Brave new world chapter 3

1. Children play naked. Their childhood goes away quickly because they make them do things teenagers do.
2. Is described as a world where a few get to controlled what others can or can not do.
3. The controllers control everything in society and because they don't want consumption to increase.
4. Strong emotions are seeing like old fashioned things that can make someone weak.
5. Sexuality is used like a tool to show that society has changed over time and has been more modernist.
6. Mustapha Mond is the world controller of western Europe. It seems like he wants to promote the ideas of the society described in the book.
7.  Both seem to be abnormal. Bernard doesn't have a good reputation because he thinks by himself. In the world state society Lenina is weird because she only focus on dating one man for months.
8. He doesn't concentrate on one scene for instants Mustapha is talking that Bernard and Henry, and Lenina and Fanny all this conversation occur in different places.
9. Soma is a drug the world state uses to control and basically keep their citizens enslaved. It distracts people and doesn't let them realize something is wrong.
10. People look young until they reach the age of sixty years old.

Modern writing

Five years ago the way we wrote was similar to how we do it today. Each day things in the world change this can definitely affect the way we write. There are several factors that influence the way we write. Some examples could be news, articles, essays, and others.Today we have a lot of problems (police brutality, terrorism, economy, and education.) When we write i'ts a way of expressing how we feel about those problems, by writing we can criticize,like, and make suggestions about important things that affect us everyday.

My modernist

-Langston Hughes
He was probably the first rapper in america. I checked out some of his poems and they look nice. His poem "open letter to the south" is the one i liked more. In some way he was giving hope of having a better future.