While these things may have influenced Hughes' writing in the 1920's, these stories come out of the painful experiences Hughes and blacks in general experienced in America at that time and all too sadly, today.Įvery one of these 14 short stories is filled with a terrible tension – however nice and lovely and polite the white people are, and however smilingly subservient the black people are, you know nothing is going to end well, and it doesn’t, ever. Lawrence and his passionate, socialist beliefs when he wrote these stories. I've read that Hughes was greatly influenced by D. There is not a weak story in this entire collection. What saddens me is that over 80 years later this objectification still takes place in the United States. If you truly want to understand the objectification of Blacks, read this book. The plots are surprising, and the characters very unusual. These stories are heart wrenching, painful, and occasionally humorous. This collection of short stories is a perfect introduction to Hughes’ work. By the time I finished the last page, I was emotionally shattered by these stories. My previous encounters with Langston Hughes had been with his poetry, of which I’m a fan. What Hughes is, is a hugely talented writer, period. Too often, he is thought of as the queer, black poet from Harlem.
It is time Langston Hughes’ reputation be salvaged.
The Ways of White Folks ~~ Langston Hughes Leave them unspoiled and just enjoy them, Michael and Anne felt. They saw no use in helping a race that was already too charming and naive and lovely for words.
But not in the social-service, philanthropic sort of way, no. THEY WERE PEOPLE who went in for Negroes-Michael and Anne-the Carraways.
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