In the early 1920’s people had no hope. No one believed in their dreams; instead they gave up on them (source B). This made the American dream almost impossible to achieve. Most people wanted to reach the American dream but they knew that they could not without hope. Therefore, when there is no hope, no one will have a chance to achieve their goals, and their dreams will always be deferred.
When there is no hope people cannot reach their goals and their dreams will always be crushed by reality. The speaker in Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred" establishes that he has no hope through a series of negative questions. The speaker questions, “What happens to a dream deferred?” Then he continues to say, “Does it dry up like a raisin in the …show more content…
When people do not have hope they do not achieve their dreams, instead they give up on the dreams. To prove this point the speaker of the poem states “Or does it explode?” (Source B). He again has made the point that his dream is unreachable and he has given up on trying. These two sources contrast because in Martin Luther King’s Speech he states things like “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (Source C). He has hope for things and he did achieve his goal but he needed that hope to achieve his dreams. Then Langston Hughes goes to show that when he says “Or fester like a sore—and then run” (Source B). They both help analyze the point that you need hope to achieve your dreams. Another thing that helps provide evidence is the American Dream; many people like us were fighting for this dream. They all wanted the same thing land but most were not able to succeed because they gave up, they never had the hope they needed to achieve it but some did, and those few people were the ones that
When there is no hope people cannot reach their goals and their dreams will always be crushed by reality. The speaker in Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred" establishes that he has no hope through a series of negative questions. The speaker questions, “What happens to a dream deferred?” Then he continues to say, “Does it dry up like a raisin in the …show more content…
When people do not have hope they do not achieve their dreams, instead they give up on the dreams. To prove this point the speaker of the poem states “Or does it explode?” (Source B). He again has made the point that his dream is unreachable and he has given up on trying. These two sources contrast because in Martin Luther King’s Speech he states things like “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (Source C). He has hope for things and he did achieve his goal but he needed that hope to achieve his dreams. Then Langston Hughes goes to show that when he says “Or fester like a sore—and then run” (Source B). They both help analyze the point that you need hope to achieve your dreams. Another thing that helps provide evidence is the American Dream; many people like us were fighting for this dream. They all wanted the same thing land but most were not able to succeed because they gave up, they never had the hope they needed to achieve it but some did, and those few people were the ones that