B) Desolate
Desolate is deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
Example: There was a desolate wasteland besides for the grazing sheep.
Langston Hughes's stories deal with and serve as a commentary of conditions befalling African Americans during the Depression Era. As Ostrom explains, "To a great degree, his stories speak for those who are disenfranchised, cheated, abused, or ignored because of race or class." (51) Hughes's stories speak of the downtrodden African-Americans neglected and overlooked by a prejudiced society. The recurring theme of powerlessness leads to violence is exemplified by the actions of Sargeant in "On the Road", old man Oyster in "Gumption", and the robber in "Why, You Reckon?"
<span>Hughes's "On the Road" explores what happens when a powerless individual takes action on behalf of his conditions. The short story illustrates the desperation and consequent violent actions of one man's homeless plight on a snowy winter evening.</span>
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Nick and Tom come from the same social background, which is, not incidentally, the same as that of F. Scott Fitzgerald himself. They are of the Midwestern upper classes, transplanted to and educated in the East. Tom and Nick were at Yale together, giving them both an assurance in their social status that Gatsby lacks.
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