Different Styles Can Speak the Same Message
The Harlem Renaissance was an explosion of literature and art from African Americans. It all portrayed the oppression that African American's faced in American, but different authors and artists had strikingly different ways of expressing their feelings. The two pictures on this post prove that. One artist dwells on the tragedies of the past, whereas the other shows a scene of African Americans having a good time in the new age. Langston Hughes wrote somewhat depressing poetry. In his poem "The Weary Blues", he writes that an African American Blues singer wished he had died from the pain of his oppression. On the other hand, there's Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" with sarcasm galore! You wouldn't think that the oppression of African Americans is a matter to joke about, but Hurston effectively gets her point across without using the 'woe is me' angle. She even writes, "Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry." (Hurston). Hughes and Hurston write almost completely opposite statements, but they both demonstrate through their work the oppression African Americans faced during the Harlem Renaissance. The political campaigns for the Presidential Election were similar to this. For example, some Obama supporters criticized Romney to make Obama look better, and others simply promoted Obama by discussing the good things he has done and the things he plans to do. The same goes for Romney supporters. I hope I don't offend anyone because I don't really follow politics so this was just an example, but it's a great way to show that people can reach the same purpose through different methods.
The Harlem Renaissance was an explosion of literature and art from African Americans. It all portrayed the oppression that African American's faced in American, but different authors and artists had strikingly different ways of expressing their feelings. The two pictures on this post prove that. One artist dwells on the tragedies of the past, whereas the other shows a scene of African Americans having a good time in the new age. Langston Hughes wrote somewhat depressing poetry. In his poem "The Weary Blues", he writes that an African American Blues singer wished he had died from the pain of his oppression. On the other hand, there's Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" with sarcasm galore! You wouldn't think that the oppression of African Americans is a matter to joke about, but Hurston effectively gets her point across without using the 'woe is me' angle. She even writes, "Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry." (Hurston). Hughes and Hurston write almost completely opposite statements, but they both demonstrate through their work the oppression African Americans faced during the Harlem Renaissance. The political campaigns for the Presidential Election were similar to this. For example, some Obama supporters criticized Romney to make Obama look better, and others simply promoted Obama by discussing the good things he has done and the things he plans to do. The same goes for Romney supporters. I hope I don't offend anyone because I don't really follow politics so this was just an example, but it's a great way to show that people can reach the same purpose through different methods. 
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