Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was a popular American novelist, poet, and playwright, who greatly contributed to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s with his African-American themes (“Langston Hughes Biography”). The most fundamental author’s poems are “Dreams”, “As I Grew Older”, “Mother to Sun”, “April Rain Song”, “I, Too”, “Cross”, “Democracy”, and etc. In addition to a huge number of beloved poetic works, Hughes created eleven plays and prose compositions, containing the famous “Simple” books:
have an effect on them. This is shown in the two texts: the story “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes and the song “m.A.A.d City” by rapper Kendrick Lamar. “Thank You M’am” depicts a young man named Roger who resorts to stealing and committing crimes, which leads him to Mrs.Jones. She gets attacked by Roger, but to his surprise, he gets beat up by her. Unlike most people, she takes him in and teaches him some life lessons. On the other hand, “m.A.A.d City” depicts Kendrick Lamar himself growing up
Daughter”, Maya Angelou shows us a dark side of American history and how racism and discrimination can affect people, but she also shows us the power of the human spirit in our ability to overcome negativity and succeed in spite of great difficulties in life. It is all about hope and freedom from stereotypes. It is how a love of literature and inner belief in one self can overcome racism and hardships. In the prologue, Maya’s point