A Comparison Of Monster By Walter Dean Myers And Democracy By Langston Hughes

Out of the four poems about democracy, Monster by Walter Dean Myers and Democracy by Langston Hughes were the top poems. The other poems did a superb job in writing their poem about democracy, but these two poems had powerful meaning behind it. Monster and Democracy have some similarity with each other, but the primary similarity is that both of the poem has situation with racism. “You’re young, you’re black, and you’re on trial” (Myers 79), “As much right… as the other fellow” (Hughes 1). With these examples, you can see how, you can compare these two different poems. “She thinks I’m guilty… i know she thinks I’m guilty” (Myers 1) “Democracy will not come.. Through compromise and fears” (Hughes 1). Myers and Hughes’ poems spoke about racism,