Theme-for-English-B

题目：No.2ThemeforEnglishB原文：Theinstructorsaid,Gohomeandwriteapagetonight.Andletthatpagecomeoutofyou--Then,itwillbetrue.Iwonderifit'sthatsimple?Iamtwenty-two,colored,borninWinston-Salem.Iwenttoschoolthere,thenDurham,thenheretothiscollegeonthehillaboveHarlem.纽约黑人聚居区哈林（Harlem）Iamtheonlycoloredstudentinmyclass.ThestepsfromthehillleaddownintoHarlem,throughapark,thenIcrossSt.Nicholas,EighthAvenue,Seventh,andIcometotheY,theHarlemBranchY,whereItaketheelevatoruptomyroom,sitdown,andwritethispage:It'snoteasytoknowwhatistrueforyouormeattwenty-two,myage.ButIguessI'mwhatIfeelandseeandhear,Harlem,Ihearyou:hearyou,hearme--wetwo--you,me,talkonthispage.(IhearNewYork,too.)Me--who?Well,Iliketoeat,sleep,drink,andbeinlove.Iliketowork,read,learn,andunderstandlife.IlikeapipeforaChristmaspresent,orrecords--Bessie,bop,orBach.bessiesmith（爵士乐人物）、博普爵士音乐、巴赫休斯的诗歌从黑人的音乐和民歌中汲取营养，把爵士乐的节奏融入于自由诗中，因而他的诗开阔，舒展Iguessbeingcoloreddoesn'tmakemenotlikethesamethingsotherfolkslikewhoareotherraces.SowillmypagebecoloredthatIwrite?Beingme,itwillnotbewhite.Butitwillbeapartofyou,instructor.Youarewhite--yetapartofme,asIamapartofyou.That'sAmerican.Sometimesperhapsyoudon'twanttobeapartofme.NordoIoftenwanttobeapartofyou.Butweare,that'strue!AsIlearnfromyou,Iguessyoulearnfromme--althoughyou'reolder--andwhite--andsomewhatmorefree.ThisismypageforEnglishB译文：作者介绍：兰斯顿·休斯(1902—1967)在美国文坛,尤其是黑人文学方面,是一个举足轻重的人物。他写过小说、戏剧、散文、历史、传记等各种文体的作品,还把西班牙文和法文的诗歌翻译成英文,甚至编辑过其他黑人作家的文选,但他主要以诗歌著称,被誉为“黑人民族的桂冠诗人”。1960年代黑人领袖马丁·路德·金那篇流传至今、脍炙人口的《我有个梦想》跟休斯的关于“梦想”的诗歌有直接的联系赏析：Thepoem'severydaylanguageandstylemakesiteasytoreadandunderstand.Hedoesnotusecomparisonslikesimilesandmetaphors-infactheisverystraightforwardinwhathehastocommunicate.（共性）Thisreinforcestheunderlyingmessageofthepoem;thathefeelssecureinwhoheis,andwillnottrytobesomeoneheisnot.InhispoemThemeforEnglishB,aresponsetoanassignmentgivenbyhisclassinstructorandLangstonHugheswritesaboutthedifferencesbetweenhimselfandhisinstructor'srace.Hetalksaboutbeingtheonlycoloredpersoninhisclassandexpressesthefeelingofbeingsimilartootherraces,primarilywhiteandyetdifferentthroughoutthepoem.Althoughhedetailsthecommonalitiesbetweenthetworaces,Langstonmanagestowriteapoemthatisrepresentationalofhiscoloredethnicbackground,usinghiscommunity,Harlemandasasourceofinspiration.HarlemdoesnotonlyhaveaneffectONLangstonbutONhiswhiteprofessorandclassmatesaswell.TheyaregoingtoschoolinthecommunityONadailybasesandshareinthesameemotionsHarlemimposesONLangston.ThisisaparallellinkbetweentheracesLangstondoesnotaddress.HefailstoshowhowthesimilareffectsapoorneighborhoodwillhaveONanyrace.Insteadhechoosestoillustrateeverydayactivitiesalmostallracesengagein.HestatesinthepoemIliketoeat,sleepanddrink,andIliketowork,read,learnandunderstandlife.Byusingthesemundaneactivitieshemanagesnottosinglehimselfoutfromhisclassmatesorhisinstructorandbutshowsthesimilaritiestheyshare.HeusesthestatementIguessbeingcoloreddoesn'tmakemenotlikethesamethingsotherfolkslikewhoareotherraces.tofurtherstrengthenhispointofbeingcomparabletohiswhitecounterparts.UsingthesecommonlinksandLangstonillustrateshowhecanbefromanyraceandgoesONtotelltheinstructorinthepoem,Youarewhite-yetapartofmeandasIamapartofyou.That'sAmerican.suggestingthatbybeingAmericanyouarepartofallraces.TohiscreditLangstondoessuggestthathisprofessorwillbefreefromHarlem'spovertyeffects.HisstatementAlthoughyou'reolder-andwhiteandsomewhatmorefreemadelaterinthepoemcanbeinterpretedastheprofessor'sfreedomtobeomittedfromtheemotionsLangstonderivesfromHarlem.AtthetimeLangstonhadwrittenhispoem,1949,coloredpeoplewerenottreatedasfairlyaswhitepeoplewereandwasnotentitledtothesamebenefits,economicorotherandsomewhitepeopleenjoyed.ThereforetheprofessorwouldhavebeenabletoresideoutofHarlemorliveinoneofitsbetterparts,whereasandLangstonwouldnot.Thus,evenafterprovinghissimilaritieswithhisprofessorandhemaintainedthathisexperienceswouldstillbedifferent.HisstatementSowillmypagebecoloredthatIwrite?Beingmeitwillnotbewhite.exemplifiesthispointofview.OverallLangston'spoemechoeshisprideofbelongingtoacoloredbackground.Thisisrevealedinhisstatement,（课后问题六）Sometimesperhapsyoudon'twanttobeapartofme.NordoIoftenwanttobeapartofyou.However,headmitsthateventhoughhesharesadifferentethnicbackgroundwiththeinstructorandheproclaimsthatthesimilaritiestheysharemakethempartofeachotherandhereferstothatstatementasbeingtrue.Langston'spoemtakesthereaderONajourneythroughthecommonalities（共性）betweenracesbutdoessofromacoloredview.Inmyopinionhispoemisagoodrepresentationofwhathewasfeelinginsideatthetimeandthereforemakesittrue.（课后问题一二）thespeaker/studentisnotsure“it’sthatsimple.”Thenhebeginstolistallthereasonsthatsuchanassignmentmightnotbesosimple:heistwenty-two,olderthanmoststudentsinhisclassprobably,colored(whichwenowcall“AfricanAmerican”);hewasborninNorthCarolina,wenttoschoolinDurham,NC,thencametocollegeinHarlem.Furthermore,heistheonlyAfricanAmericaninhisclass,whichmightseemstrangeforHarlemin1951,whenthepoemwaspublished.Next,hestartstolistwhathelikes:“Well,Iliketoeat,sleep,drink,andbeinlove./Iliketowork,read