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Thank You M´am (Traditional Criticism, Langston Hughes)

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Probably, Langston Hughes inspired from his childhood experience and he wrote "Thank You, M'am" because he grew up with his maternal grandmother for the reason that, when he was a baby his parents separated, his father moved to Mexico and his mother moved constantly during his youth. This short story tells about an old woman who takes a role of a mother just for a short period of time, because Roger is boy, he is alone with anyone who cares him. Probably Langston wanted represent his grandmother into Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones because she raised him in his childhood until she died when he was a teenager. In this story "Thank You, M'am" Langston talks about two important themes such as shame when he's reprimanded for trying to steal; and forgiveness, when Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones gave Roger a second chance and teaches him an important lesson about dignity and respect and also that people can do right things in hard circumstances. In...
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Harrison Bergeron (Traditional Criticism, Kurk Vonnegut)

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Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Kurt Vonnegut is considered one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century. He blended literature with science fiction and humor, the absurd with pointed social commentary . The short story “ Harrison Bergeron” was published in 1961. Probably, Kurt Vonnegut was inspired to write “ Harrison Bergeron” in some life´s experiences. Vennegut was captured in Germany, he was a soldier in the united State Army during the world war II, he was a survive Allied bombing raids of Dresden that killed over 100,000 civilians and were kept secret for many years after the war. Maybe he tried to draw this experience of his life in this story of “Harrison Bergeron” because in the story Harrison was in jail and he scaped from there. Doubtless , Vonnegut considered that televisión was a waste of time and force intent on destroying independent thought by people. However, it is important to mention that probably Vonn...
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