2.2. The Red Decade During the "Great Depression" in the 1930s Hughes realises that the dream of a proper representation and equality of his people wouldn't be fulfilled soon. In February 1931 he published his poem "Tired"(Rampersand and Roessel 135), in which he illustrates his new world of thought: The introducing line "I'm so tired of waiting" (135) already reveals its main message. Hughes is impatient of the situation and weary of waiting for the promises of the "Emancipation Proclamation" to become true. At the end of the poem the speaker is suggesting to "cut the world in two" (135) in order to see of which illnesses it is suffering from. In "Union"(138) Hughes strengthens his thoughts. For the first time he also includes oppressed
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With a group of black intellectuals he travells to Russia and experiences communism. Hughes is impressed by the idea of a society without classes and races, affecting his subsequent works. In March 1933 he sends a new manuscript of poems called "Good Morning Revolution" to his publisher Knopf. (Henderson 297) The term "Revolution" shows that the demand of equality and freedom should now be reached forcefully, unveiling the new perception of Hughe's African-American Dream. It forms the basis of Hughes's revolutionary convictions and desires the initiation of a socialist USA. Hughes's longstanding friend and mentor Carl van Vechten noticed these aggressive approaches (297). Rejecting such revolutionary tones to be evident he wrote to Knopf: "Langston's book I have read carefully twice. I am sorry to say I do not think much of it. It is very weak, the revoluntionary poems on which it is supposed to stand firmly …show more content…
Left-leaning and communistic magazines however, welcomed Hughes's works. Therefore the communist magazine "New Masses" published "Good Morning Revolution" in 1932. In this poem a personalised "Revolution" is given a warm welcome and being described as the "best friend" with whom everything can be overcome (Rampersand and Roessel 162). The poetic persona is a black worker. His boss is a white capitalist, who wants to warn the public. In a letter to the newspapers he describes the revolution as „trouble maker“, “alien-enemy“ and even as a „son-of-a-bitch“ (162). Also he admonishes the police to "watch out for a
With a group of black intellectuals he travells to Russia and experiences communism. Hughes is impressed by the idea of a society without classes and races, affecting his subsequent works. In March 1933 he sends a new manuscript of poems called "Good Morning Revolution" to his publisher Knopf. (Henderson 297) The term "Revolution" shows that the demand of equality and freedom should now be reached forcefully, unveiling the new perception of Hughe's African-American Dream. It forms the basis of Hughes's revolutionary convictions and desires the initiation of a socialist USA. Hughes's longstanding friend and mentor Carl van Vechten noticed these aggressive approaches (297). Rejecting such revolutionary tones to be evident he wrote to Knopf: "Langston's book I have read carefully twice. I am sorry to say I do not think much of it. It is very weak, the revoluntionary poems on which it is supposed to stand firmly …show more content…
Left-leaning and communistic magazines however, welcomed Hughes's works. Therefore the communist magazine "New Masses" published "Good Morning Revolution" in 1932. In this poem a personalised "Revolution" is given a warm welcome and being described as the "best friend" with whom everything can be overcome (Rampersand and Roessel 162). The poetic persona is a black worker. His boss is a white capitalist, who wants to warn the public. In a letter to the newspapers he describes the revolution as „trouble maker“, “alien-enemy“ and even as a „son-of-a-bitch“ (162). Also he admonishes the police to "watch out for a