has had an experience in the region before. Hughes' use of the speaker, the

tone presented, frequent usage of personification, along with a persuasive

theme separate this work above pieces created by other American authors of his time.

The speaker of "The South" is Hughes himself. He is telling the story of his experiences of the times that he had spent while in the southern United States. He begins by describing the attitudes of many southerners and how they are lazy and cannot accomplish anything without slaves there for them. From here, Hughes describes the environment

He does all of this in hopes of enlightening the south of its first appearances from

personification, and a strong theme to create this piece and to make it what it is.

Discrimination and racism are the themes of this piece. This becomes obvious throughout when Hughes uses many examples describing the attitudes of the people of the south as: "child-minded south", "idiot-brained", and his mentioning of a "spell of the south." He later comments on how he now chooses to live in the "cold-faced" north to escape the racism in the south. This piece tells us perhaps the feelings of all African-Americans who choose to live in the north, and how they feel about the discrimination they sometimes fall upon while in the southern states.

The personification used in "The South" is what tells the story. It is used in many

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Approximate Word count = 553
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)