Comparative Essay for:
“I, Too” by Langston Hughes and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Essay Question:
Compare and contrast the central theme of discrimination of the poem and the novel and how
each addresses and reacts to the social inequalities experienced within their worlds.
In your response, be sure to do the following:
• describe how the main characters of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry experience discrimination
by their race and how they react to it
• describe how the speaker of the poem from “I, Too” experiences discrimination from racism
and how he responds to it
• describe the similarities and/or differences in how the characters respond to the issue of social
inequality
• use details from both literary works
Due Date_____________________________________