Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes Analysis

Growing up through the early and mid nineteen hundreds was a hard time for African American’s and immigrants. They were cussed at, swore at, beaten and were separated by race in public places. Langston Hughes was born on February 1 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He grew up in a turbulent time of depression in America. The Ku Klux Klan had very many members during the 1910’s and 1920’s, which Langston was a teenager and young adult through. Mr. Hughes was an important writer and thinker of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was the African American artistic movement in the 1920’s that celebrated black life and culture. He turned to writing books and poetry that led him to write “Let America Be America Again.”
Hughes reiterates the phrase of “let America be America again” which can be viewed differently by different peoples point of view. What I believe he is trying to refer to is when America was …show more content…
But Hughes believes that fulfilling these dreams is not an impossible task. He believes that every person has desire to control his or her own destiny and the pursuit of freedom is not just an American dream, it is a dream that every person has. Through hard work and high aspiration people can live the life they want and live that life on their own terms.
Although Langston Hughes wrote this poem in the mid 1930’s his work still applies to life today. There is still hate, racism and separation in America today. People are still “sold to the machine,” only working to become wealthy and gain a higher society status. Not only is America filled with greed but the world as well. Maybe one day American’s will be able to live the American dream and truly be