In "Ballad of the Landlord" by Langston Hughes is a story that displays repression and oppression. Oppression is the act of subjugating by cruelty, being kept down by unjust use of force or authority. Repression is a state of forcible subjugation or the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious (Word Web). The oppression occurs when the tenet has no choice but two live in an unsanitary building where every thing is broken and he has t

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Approximate Word count = 418
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)