Hughes' "Black Voices Oby The Tales Of Simple": Jessie Semple
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Langston Hughes is represented in Black Voices by the Tales of
Simple. Hughes first presents his character Jessie B. Semple in the
Forward: Who is Simple? In this tale the reader is given its first look at
the character Jessie B. Semple who is a black man that represents almost
the "anybody or e ....
Middle of paper
.... bunions hurt all
the time and whose thoughts are relatively quite simple, yet he is a man
who rises above these facts and has a perception that shows the man to have
great wisdom and incredible insight. And although he maintains a
seriousness for all his wisdom to come through; his presentation of the
facts is given in a humorous manner. In Bop, "That's why so many white
folks do not get their heads beat just for being white. But me --- a cop
is liable to grab me almost anytime and beat m ....
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