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Hughes' "Black Voices Oby The Tales Of Simple": Jessie Semple
Langston Hughes is represented in Black Voices by the Tales of
Simple. Hughes first presents his character Jessie B. Semple in the
Forward: Who is Simple? In this tale the reader is given its first look at
the character Jessie B. Semple who is a black man that represents almost
the "anybody or everybody" of black society. Semple is a man who needs to
drink, to num the pain of living life. "Usually over a glass of beer, he
tells me his tales... with a pain in his soul... sometimes as the old blues
says... Simple might be laughing to keep from crying" ( 98, 99 ).
Jessi ....
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