Selected Poems
Analyzing a Written Argument
The general argument made by Langston Hughes in his work Selected Poems is that he hopes that Gandhi will be able to help Great Britain and the United States to stop being opressors. More specifically Hughes suggests that Gandhi’s actions can stand as an example for the US and Great Britain to follow. He writes, “Mighty Britain, tremble! Let your empire’s standard sway lest it break entirely Mr. Gandhi fasts today.” In this passage, Hughes is suggesting that Gandhi’s actions could help to influence the world and make it better. In conclusion, it is Hughes’s belief that Great Britain and the United States can overcome being opressors.
Planning Your Own Argument
In my view, Hughes is right because it is through influential people such as Gandhi that great change happens. For example, Martin Luther King, Jr. was able to us nonviolent protest to fight for civil justice just as Gandhi did before him. Therefore, I conclude that With great and influential leaders great and wonderful change can occur.
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