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The Ways of White Folks

Langston Hughes

The Ways of White Folks

Langston Hughes

The Ways of White Folks Essay Topics

1.

Are the conflicts in The Ways of White Folks relevant or irrelevant to the world today? Cite multiple stories, as well articles concerning current events, in your paper. 

2.

Compare the Carraway family in “Slave on the Block” to the Pembertons in “Poor Little Black Fellow.” How are their opinions and treatment of Black people similar, and how are they different? What commentary does Hughes communicate to the reader through these characters’ stories?

3.

What role does music play in The Ways of White Folks? Cite multiple stories in your essay. 

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