Thematic essay on Pride, featuring Langston Hughes and Zora Hurston

Pride is a theme that runs through many genres of literature. There are many different manners in how one might interpret that theme. Two works that express this theme are a poem named "I Too" by Langston Hughes, and an excerpt from "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" by Zora Hurston. Pride is a strong sense of personal dignity that can overcome many obstacles is how one may interpret these to works. The writer's …

…ecific piece. Each work, "I Too", by Langston Hughes, and "How It Feels To Be Colored Me", by Zora Hurston reveal certain attitudes about pride, and how it should be expressed, and how it was perceived by people. These two selections, used many literary techniques that made each selection a detailed and masterful use of language portraying pride and making it clear as a sense of how one sees oneself, not how others see you.