THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Question
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“Besides, they’ll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed” means that he wants his oppressors to
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finally realize his true potential.
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finally open their eyes and view him as a true equal.
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Both of the above.
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Neither of the above.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the poem, Hughes describes a ubiquitous racial oppression that degrades African Americans at the time. He writes from the perspective of an inferior servant to a domineering white family that shoos him away to the kitchen whenever company arrives.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
Detailed explanation-3: -’I, Too’ is a short, free verse poem that focuses on African American identity within the dominant white culture of the USA. It encapsulates the history of oppression of black people by means of slavery, denial of rights and inequality.
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