Several literary authors and poets such as Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson and Alma Luz Villanueva have explored the theme of knowledge and individual power with much the same conclusions. These writers have especially addressed this topic from the perspective that people are inherently different and thus have a very hard time conforming to societal standards and meeting other people’s expectations. In essence, most people seek to be the same as everyone else despite the fact that they are individuals, thus making them different and unique.
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Langston Hughes in his poem, Theme for English B, presents a literary discourse on the ...