Analysis: Langston Huges: Theme For English B Analysis: Langston Huges: Theme For English B The instructor directs the poet to write at home, at night and from the heart and soul of the writer. The instructor is Caucassion, the poet black and or African American. The poet finds it necessary to begin by describing his surroundings. Harlem is usually a strong sign that the residents are black. He resides at the YMCA showing he is also in a low income bracket. He repeats his age as he feels it should reflect his wisdom at 22 which cannot compete with the instructor being his senior.
Although he admits liking the same or similar things in life he still expresses the feeling of being segregated as he is black and the instructor is white. He admit learning from the instructor but reminds him that he, the instructor, also learns from him. People are interesting and cultures add that interest. This particular poem was chosen by me because in so few words so much was expressed… The poet could not identify himself without identifying with the instructor. He attempted to be equal yet was consistently reminding the instructor that he was black.
The poem reiterates the quote of being “white and free’ as to being black and minority. There is strength in numbers that is why blacks feel week. I found this poem interesting as the instructor tried to include the poet in his life, which he did but showing not black or white but “a gray area’.
