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langston hughes
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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 ). Jessie B. Semple, also known as Simple, has just the right
combination of qualities to be Black America's new spokesman and unsung
hero. Semple seems to posse
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