Critical Source
:- Ostrom, Hans. Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne, 1993.
Discussion starters
- Ostrom makes the claim that this story echoes "Cora Unashamed" (15). Does this story bear a stronger relationship to that one than others do?
- What is the affinity between Berry and the crippled children?
- Is Berry, the character, too simple?
- R. Baxter Miller claims that "the presence of Judaeo-Christian redemption in 'Berry' alters potential tragedy into comedy" (qtd in Ostrom 92). Do you find this true?