Langston Hughes Compare And Contrast

Compare and Contrast Essay Liberty is a thing some people strive for and a thing people take for granted, Americans must decide how or how not to use their liberty . In Learned Hand’s “I am an American Day Address” and Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” both authors address the liberty of Americans; however they interpret the situation differently. The two writings have some similarities and some differences; both help people to understand the topic of liberty and what that means for Americans. The two writings have the same goal and that is to explain liberty to Americans. Hand states “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women” (Hand). On the same topic Hughes states “We must take back our land again” (Hughes). Both authors describe liberty as a goal that needs to be accomplished by the people, not by a law, but by Americans, and they must be willing to work for their liberty. Similarly the authors use repetition of phrases to get a point across. Hand speaks of the “Spirit of America” (Hand), to convince readers that as Americans they must fight for liberty. Hughes uses the phrase “America was never America to me” (Hughes) to tell his readers that because of the lack of liberty in America, he never saw the country as great as others saw it. The last similarity is the both writing use rhetorical questions to have the readers think about and absorb what they are reading.Hughes uses the phrase “To build a homeland of the free. The free? Who said the free? Not me?”(Hughes). Hughes uses the question to not only make the writing more …show more content…
These writings challenge readers to think about liberty and how they can make a change in America