Cora Unashamed

CORA UNASHAMED Certain prejudices pass through all perceptions of time. Today’s issues are arguably the same as those featured in “Cora Unashamed,” and characters such as Cora, Jessie, Art, Willie and Josie are still encountered today. “Cora Unashamed” by Langston Hughes puts the issues of abortions, young love, materialism, racism, death, and destiny into one novel. Cora is an African American woman working for a white family. She supports her parents as her siblings …showed first 75 words of 741 total…

…showed last 75 words of 741 total…truly was the mother, going above and beyond all things for her babies. Powerful, that says it all. This story forces us to face the flaws of society and that there are innocence still exist although even those with the best of intentions can kill it. Langston Hughes, wrote this story that makes you take a good look at your life and wish you were like Cora; unashamed to feel, unashamed to love, just unashamed.