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James Langston Hughes fought the war of racism by writing simple poems and satirical short stories that portrayed the wearisome battles blacks were forced to face on a daily basis. Like his writings, Hughes was a simple man. Critic David Littlejohn described Hughes as,“… a true professional, like the hero of his fiction only deceptively ‘Simple’…” (Riley Vol. ... Although he lived a simple life, he went through the same struggles as every other African American and even had family problems of his own (Langston Hughes), which possibly influenced his themes of isolation. Langston Hughes used elements of satire, irony, and humor throughout his works to depict the struggle and realism of the black experience.
At a very young age Hughes was faced with an uncommon problem of most children. His parents decided to divorce when Hughes was only a child, and both parents went their separate ways. With his mother constantly moving to find work, he was left to live with his grandmother (Langston Hughes). His grandmother, Mary Langston, raised him during his prime and most influential years, and was also thought to have been the one who gave him his sense of dedication (Hughes’s Life and Career). Until the age of thirteen, Hughes was raised solely by Mary; then at this age he decided to move back with his mother and her second husband in Cleveland, Ohio. In his childhood alone, Hughes
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Approximate Word count = 1188
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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