What Is America's True Beauty?

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From Yellowstone to the Smoky Mountains, America's true beauty shows though to many of the greatest Authors. The idea of beauty can not only physical properties but there can be a inner, deeper meaning of beauty which can not only be alluring but unattractive at times too. Beauty in american literature expands from nature to the greatest historical building such as the the Statue of Liberty but that has a deeper under meaning of what true American beauty looks like from freedom. One Perspective to another Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and what that looks like is different for each individual. From one’s perspective of America is the view by the famous author Langston hughes who wrote Let America be America again wrote about how America …show more content…
Witman is discribing a place where people work hard and cataloging different kinds of people in america even though each of them sings there own songs the songs come together at the end which makes a strong America. This represents that even though each person has there own job, together this is what makes America the country of hardworking and Succesfull ,Beautifull country that he sees. He also goes on to close by saying “Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.” This show alot of freedom and pride and this is a great way to express how proud witman was of the diversity and labor force of America and how they did their job while being happy to do it. (Lorched …show more content…
Some ignored the ideas and thought that their was nothing wrong with America and downcasted the idea of minorites as equal and thought of them just as workers and slaves becuase thats how they came to America and were crushed by the greed of the astrocrates. That are they really happy being segergated and being slaves for work were they not the ones beside white people working for America, is this the idea of beauty that walt had for the labors of America? The last stanza langston says "Besides, they'll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed "I, too, am America". “Here Hughes says that once African American's are recognized as equal, everyone will see they are not bad and that they are beautiful as well as part of America.” (Hess

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