The Theme for English B

In the poem "Theme for English B," by Langston Hughes, he talks about the African American struggle for equality. The poem starts off with a professor giving his students a paper to write about whatever subject they want. The instructor says to th students, "let that paper come out of you then, it will be true." In the paper, Hughes explains everything that comes from his heart, just like his professor wanted him too. In …

…have an impact on a white man's life, and or vice versa. He also thinks that his professor won't undertand his poem, because he and his professor come from two completely different worlds. After reading his poem, I felt that Hughes's only wish is to be accepted not as a black man, but as an American. I could relate to Langston Hughes's writing, because I too, sometime wonder if the teacher understands what I write.