During the 1900’s, there were hundreds of thousands of African Americans who moved from the south to the north in an event called the Great Migration. Many of those African Americans migrated to a place in New York called Harlem and this is where it all began. African Americans began to build a new place for themselves. This is where life for them actually blossomed, bringing many great changes. It was a time for expressing the African American culture, which was later called the Harlem Renaissance. Many things came about during the Harlem Renaissance, but there was one popular thing, poetry. The Harlem Renaissance allowed for the appearance of the realization of the Negro race that was expressed by many artists such as Langston Hughes. During
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In his essay that he writes, he just wants to be a poet, not a “negro poet”, and in his poem “I, Too” he wants to be an American. When reading it, I thought the speaker was Hughes himself, who is proclaiming to the world that he, too, is an American. He, too, sings America. After he refers to himself as “the darker brother”, and even though he is not seen as an equal to the white men, he still is a very important part of America. Hughes goes on to note that he envisions a future in which he is no longer sent to the kitchen, in which no one will call him unequal. He hopes that one day the African American population will no longer be treated the way that they did and they will see that they are also a part of the country. Also using one of Hughes most famous piece of works “Harlem” where he reflected his complicated experiences he faced as a black man. He uses vivid comparisons to remind the image of a deferred dream. He imagines it drying up, festering, stinking, crusting over, and exploding. A dream does not die out, but rather it evolves overtime. There is no specific dream here in that poem, but since they are being attacked by the situations that surround them, it is difficult for African Americans to dream or achieve great things. If one does have a dream, it will fester or even crust over for so long that it will end up exploding. Just like the poems, Hughes essay was simply to become and to be treated like everyone
In his essay that he writes, he just wants to be a poet, not a “negro poet”, and in his poem “I, Too” he wants to be an American. When reading it, I thought the speaker was Hughes himself, who is proclaiming to the world that he, too, is an American. He, too, sings America. After he refers to himself as “the darker brother”, and even though he is not seen as an equal to the white men, he still is a very important part of America. Hughes goes on to note that he envisions a future in which he is no longer sent to the kitchen, in which no one will call him unequal. He hopes that one day the African American population will no longer be treated the way that they did and they will see that they are also a part of the country. Also using one of Hughes most famous piece of works “Harlem” where he reflected his complicated experiences he faced as a black man. He uses vivid comparisons to remind the image of a deferred dream. He imagines it drying up, festering, stinking, crusting over, and exploding. A dream does not die out, but rather it evolves overtime. There is no specific dream here in that poem, but since they are being attacked by the situations that surround them, it is difficult for African Americans to dream or achieve great things. If one does have a dream, it will fester or even crust over for so long that it will end up exploding. Just like the poems, Hughes essay was simply to become and to be treated like everyone