The Tropics In New York is a work by which author?

• A. Langston Hughes
• B. Walt Whitman
• C. Claude McKay
• D. Richard Wright

Answer: (C)

This piece centers on expressing the diaspora experience—the tension between a tropical homeland and life in a northern city, captured through vivid sensory imagery of tropical fruits and colors against the cold urban landscape. The Tropics in New York is Claude McKay’s work, reflecting his Caribbean background and Harlem Renaissance voice that often explored exile, longing, and cultural distance in America. The other writers listed are known for different themes and eras—Walt Whitman for 19th-century democratic poetry, Langston Hughes for Harlem life but not this tropical nostalgia, and Richard Wright for race and social critique in mid-20th-century America—so they don’t match this particular poem.