USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The tone of “Theme for English B” shifts from
A
frustrated and confused to insightful and assertive
B
fearful to empowered
C
ignorant to informed
D
none of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the case of ‘Theme for English B, ’ the mood might be described as insightful, as the young student Hughes is reflecting on the situation and attempting to make sense of his mixed emotions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generally speaking, “Theme for English B” is written in free verse: it doesn’t have meter or a set rhyme scheme, though the speaker will occasionally use a rhyme. The poem’s exploratory, open-ended form reflects the unsettled, searching character of the speaker’s thinking.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Theme for English B” Summary "Theme for English B” tells the story of a young Black college student whose instructor has given him a writing assignment (a theme). The assignment must be one page long and “true, ” according to his instructor. The speaker questions whether the assignment is really that simple.

Detailed explanation-4: -It delves into themes of identity and race through the depiction of a black man’s writing assignment. Within ‘Theme for English B, ’ Hughes creates a young, twenty-two-year-old narrator who speaks about his own experience as a black man in a primarily white community.

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