I Too Sing America
The American Dream is the dream of every person in America which is to be equally treated, no matter how different they are. People try everyday to prove that they deserve to be treated as an American by working extra hard, expressing themselves through social media, and going out and actually speaking up for what they believe in. The American Dream is still attainable today because people feel that they still have something to prove. They have to prove that they are able to be apart of America, and that they deserve a spot. Until they are able to be approved of that by others, the American Dream lives on. “The Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson gives many examples of the American Dream. It explains that everyone is supposed
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The poem all together just signifies that the dream of this African American man and every other African American is to not be defined but the color of their skin, but to be defined by the amount of work they put in. This poem also signifies that not only did the black man have a dream, he had a purpose in the world, just like the white man, who doubted him. “They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong” (Hughes 3-7). The significance of the quote is to show how the people who may have owned him or he had probably been a slave for, just felt like he was nothing because he was black. It also shows that he kept a positive attitude through all of that because he knew that one day he would grow strong. He laughed at them because he knew one day, they would realize what his worth was as a person. “They’ll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed, I, too, am America” (Hughes 16-18). The significance of the quote is to show you exactly what Langston Hughes dream was as a black man in America. His dream was for them to understand that he was just like them, in a million ways, his skin color should not define
The poem all together just signifies that the dream of this African American man and every other African American is to not be defined but the color of their skin, but to be defined by the amount of work they put in. This poem also signifies that not only did the black man have a dream, he had a purpose in the world, just like the white man, who doubted him. “They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong” (Hughes 3-7). The significance of the quote is to show how the people who may have owned him or he had probably been a slave for, just felt like he was nothing because he was black. It also shows that he kept a positive attitude through all of that because he knew that one day he would grow strong. He laughed at them because he knew one day, they would realize what his worth was as a person. “They’ll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed, I, too, am America” (Hughes 16-18). The significance of the quote is to show you exactly what Langston Hughes dream was as a black man in America. His dream was for them to understand that he was just like them, in a million ways, his skin color should not define