Comparison Of Dreams In Langston Hughes, Dreams And Harlem

Every dream begins with a dreamer. A dream is something we all have and look forward to coming true one day in our lives. Most people set goals to help accomplish their dreams, because sometimes you just can not go to sleep and dream about something, and then expect it to come into existence; however you can go to sleep and dream about something and start to make plans and set goals to help that dream come true. Langston Hughes, “Dreams” and “Harlem” both share a similar meaning; even though in Dreams Hughes talks about what life would be like if you forget about your dream, and in Harlem Hughes talks about happens when a dream is deferred. The two poems help the reader to understand that dreams has no physical restrictions, however they are important to help provide necessities for life. Dreams also provide faith, comfort, and hope that …show more content…
In the two poems by Hughes he stressed the importance of one’s dream and we should not let our frustration in some of our dreams affect our normal lives. By comparing and contrasting the similarities and difference between Hughes Dreams and Harlem the reader will begin to realize that having dreams and setting goals to make your dreams come true will help you to build your faith, have comfort, and hope that one day your dream will come true. You should never give up on your dreams neither postpone your dreams. The results can be bitter sweet, just as Hughes stated in Harlem in the second stanza on the fifth through seventh line “Does it stink like rotten meat? / or crust and sugar like a syrupy sweet” (“Harlem” 5-7)? One thing everyone have to remember is that we all would like to live better than we did yesterday or five years ago, and in order to do that we must dream big and chase after our goals that were set in order to help make our dreams come