Section: English Language & Composition

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What does the essay author feel about the use of voice in the two selections by Langston Hughes?

1. He feels that Hughes struggled with offering a consistent voice to readers.
2. He believes that the first-person voice is important to Hughes.
3. He feels that Hughes was able to use the same voice in conveying significantly different meanings.
4. He denies that Hughes’ voice is what made his writing important.
5. He identifies with Hughes’ voice.

The author of the essay is taken, in particular, with how Hughes can do so much with a single word as exemplified in the mention of how "I" means two very different things in the two poems. This makes the third option the best choice.