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>
Answer:
<u>Vocabulary</u>
<u>1. </u>
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1. putting on
2. spread
3. fares
4. concerned
5. cautious
6. aching
7. dream
8. critical
9. artificial
10. remainder
<u>2. </u>
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1. threat
2. observant
3. controversial
4. struggle
5. negotiation
6. frustrated
7. opinion
8. discount
<u>Grammar</u>
<u>1. </u>
1. Brenda will have her hair cut this afternoon.
2. The teacher tried to get her pupils talk about their hobbies.
3. I got my short story published in a magazine last month.
4. John has his teeth checked every six months.
5. Did your father already let you drive his new car?
6. Sam's mother makes him eat a healthy meal every day.
<u>2. </u>
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1. knew
2. would live
3. take
4. listens
5. hadn't gone
6. are
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For a second, there seems to be hope when Hazel cries about her son dying. That fleeting moment disappears, and we know this because when George says "you can say that again", she repeats it, misunderstanding his statement because of her average (more like way below average) intellect.
Kurt Vonnegut's goal was not writing a story about courageous people overcoming their weaknesses and defying odds, but how society shuts down those non-conforming, defiant people.
Answer: Popular Sovereignty
Explanation:
Prior to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the slave status of a new territory would be decided by the Missouri Compromise which based the state's slave status on geographical location as it prohibited slavery in states to the North of the 36°30′ parallel (excluding Missouri).
In 1854 however, a bill that would later be known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced to Congress by Sen. Stephen A. Douglas who hoped to gain support from Southern politicians for a state to be established on land gained from the Louisiana purchase.
The bill called for the status of a state to be decided by Popular Sovereignty which essentially meant that the people of the state would decide whether or not they wanted to be a free state instead of Congress as had previously been the case.
With this act therefore, the new territories would decide their status by themselves.
