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 seems to use unique structures in their works as well as irony, imagery and theme
In the poem by Langston Hughes, he dwells upon a theory that blacks had to be separate from others in society. …