Some of the themes that appear often in the short stories and poems of Langston Hughes include dreams both realized and deferred, and the meaning of home. In “Home” and “Passing,” we encountered each of these themes in different ways. For your first short answers paper, you will write about these themes in “Home” and “Passing.”
This document is six-pages long. Following the questions that you’re going to answer, there are precise instructions for writing the paper along with a model of what your paper MUST look like. Read all six pages and follow ALL the instructions. Some of the points you can earn on this paper are for following instructions.
Answer the following questions about “Home” in two paragraphs of seven-to-nine sentences each:
- In Langston Hughes’ short story “Home,” what dream of Roy’s was realized? What dream was deferred? (Note that this answer is ONE paragraph.)
- What is the meaning of home for Roy in Langston’s Hughes’ short story, “Home”?
Answer the following questions about “Passing” in two paragraphs of seven-to-nine sentences each:
- In Langston Hughes’ short story “Passing,” what dream of Jack’s was realized? What dream was deferred? (Note that this answer is ONE paragraph.)
- What is the meaning of home for Jack in Langston Hughes’ short story, “Passing”?
