All types of kids will die someday no matter how hard you try to make their lives better economically; similar to the tale “Kids Who Die” by Langston Hughes. Hughes was a literary icon well known for writing about the African Americans’ experience with racism and discrimination during the 1950-1960’s. He was the leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance promoting upcoming young poets. On the other hand, he was the first black poet to support himself through his writing, according to the Poetry Foundation. In this poem, “Kids Who Die”, the theme signifies kids dying to better themselves, while the affluent people are living care-free.
First of all, the kids are dying trying to get out poverty, hoping to be successful as the rich people someday. …show more content…
For example, “Kids will die in the swamps of Mississippi organizing sharecroppers” (8-9) because of the rich plantation owners work the children to death without supplying them with any food or water. We can see the kids working tirelessly exhaustion in the fields picking cotton off the pointy thrones making their hands bleed and blister. However, the rich people are “eating blood and gold”, while the children are suffering from starvation and financial issues. This symbolism that the rich people are fine dining ,living luxurious lifestyle off the hard worker of the poor kids taking advantage of them mentally and physically. The rich people enslaved their minds with sleazy lies lead them to hope that they could be successful like them if they work harder, but not really. In addition, the kids are getting paid a small portion of their hard working not being able to afford to pay for their next meal which they will die the fields from heat exhaustion or dehydration. Even though the kids are working hard in the fields hoping to the rich will reward them with a way out of poverty; but the rich do not care about them only a dollar bill, not their physical …show more content…
For example, The rich people “don’t want the kids to rise to their own power” because they're afraid they will lose money and dictatorship. Hughes uses “Angelo Herndon” in the poem refers to a kid trying to rise to their own power showing courage and ambitious giving other kids hope for a better life. Angelo Herndon was African American activist trying to create a workplace where whites and blacks can work together receiving equal opportunities, according to the article “Angelo Herndon case” by Edward A. Hatfield. The rich people didn’t like Herndon trying to betters the kids lives because he gave them knowledge and hope for better future outside of poverty,which the rich people did not. However, Herndon went to jail for rebelling against the rich people beliefs having whites and blacks working together. On the other hand, to keep any other kid from trying to be superior in rich people's society trying to go against their rules; they had police frightening the people “beating them with clubs and bullets” (20). You can see the kids getting beat to death with clubs and shooting them to make an example of kids for trying to make their own decision, Similar to the proganda “Big brother is watching” by George Orwell, indicating they will invade your privacy if you try to intefer with their rules and regulation causing others to think other
First of all, the kids are dying trying to get out poverty, hoping to be successful as the rich people someday. …show more content…
For example, “Kids will die in the swamps of Mississippi organizing sharecroppers” (8-9) because of the rich plantation owners work the children to death without supplying them with any food or water. We can see the kids working tirelessly exhaustion in the fields picking cotton off the pointy thrones making their hands bleed and blister. However, the rich people are “eating blood and gold”, while the children are suffering from starvation and financial issues. This symbolism that the rich people are fine dining ,living luxurious lifestyle off the hard worker of the poor kids taking advantage of them mentally and physically. The rich people enslaved their minds with sleazy lies lead them to hope that they could be successful like them if they work harder, but not really. In addition, the kids are getting paid a small portion of their hard working not being able to afford to pay for their next meal which they will die the fields from heat exhaustion or dehydration. Even though the kids are working hard in the fields hoping to the rich will reward them with a way out of poverty; but the rich do not care about them only a dollar bill, not their physical …show more content…
For example, The rich people “don’t want the kids to rise to their own power” because they're afraid they will lose money and dictatorship. Hughes uses “Angelo Herndon” in the poem refers to a kid trying to rise to their own power showing courage and ambitious giving other kids hope for a better life. Angelo Herndon was African American activist trying to create a workplace where whites and blacks can work together receiving equal opportunities, according to the article “Angelo Herndon case” by Edward A. Hatfield. The rich people didn’t like Herndon trying to betters the kids lives because he gave them knowledge and hope for better future outside of poverty,which the rich people did not. However, Herndon went to jail for rebelling against the rich people beliefs having whites and blacks working together. On the other hand, to keep any other kid from trying to be superior in rich people's society trying to go against their rules; they had police frightening the people “beating them with clubs and bullets” (20). You can see the kids getting beat to death with clubs and shooting them to make an example of kids for trying to make their own decision, Similar to the proganda “Big brother is watching” by George Orwell, indicating they will invade your privacy if you try to intefer with their rules and regulation causing others to think other