Critical Source:
- Ostrom, Hans. Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne, 1993.
Discussion starters
- What does Mrs. Ellsworth mean when she tells Oceola that her lover will "take the music out" (119) of her?
- Do you agree with Ostrom's claim that " Mrs. Ellsworth's rigid artistic categories are a projection of her fear of sensuousness and earthiness, as expressed by Oceola's personal life and her music" (15)?