... result, after school classmates would grab stones and tin cans from the ally and chase him home. Langston also had other negative experiences. James Presley notes "one summer in Chicago when he was a teen-ager Langston Hughes felt the American Dream explode in his face; a gang of white youths ... That night as he tended his injuries young Hughes must have mused disturbed thoughts about fulfillment of his American dream of freedom, justice, and opportunity for all," (James Presley," The American Dream of Langston Hughes" par 1-2). These incidents impacted his life and influenced his works....

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