The Poem "Let America Be America Again" is a very emotional and moving poem. It was most likely written around the same time slavery ended in America. As the poem goes on it shows more and more the cruelty and hardships certain people would have had to experience in that time and how hard it was for these obstacles to be overcome.
The poem speaks of America's dream for freedom and for all to be equal. The character says that this dream has not yet been realized especially for him and those like him.
He speaks of how America is supposed to be the land of love but how it never was that to him. The character also says how "There's never been equality for me, nor freedom in this "homeland of the free". America is called the homeland of the free and it is almost as if the character is mocking this because he himself has never been able to be free.
The author talks about all of the different unfairness" America has done to its people. For example "the negro bearing slavery's scar" and "the red man driven from the land" and it also mentions "the immigrant clutching the hope I seek". With that line the character is trying to say how when the immigrants come to America they are filled with dreams and hope because of the freedom America is supposed to offer but when they reach there they find it is a world of "dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak". Which is what the character sees America as being, a world where those more powerful than others crush those below them. The character does not even have the hope for America that an immigrant would because he has experienced what America really is and knows better then that. .
The poem speaks of young men who dream of growing up and making their own profit but finding the world an "ancient endless chain of profit, power, gain, of grab the land". This shows that these young men will have to face reality as those older and more powerful than them take over.
America's focus on consumption causes the loss of individuality. ... Let's take this for instance, I love any type of music, but I prefer to listen to hard/heavy rock. ... Ok, let's see how much we spent on our cool JLo outfit; grand total three hundred and twenty dollars. ... So let's figure out the overall price. ... Be yourself not the rest of America . ...
In the poem Let America Be America, Langston Hughes reflects on the failure of the United States to fulfill the American dream. ... Instead he develops it into a plea for "me", meaning the poor white, the Native American, the immigrant, the young man whom is stuck in the endless chain of power and greed, and the African American that all built this country. ... It also indicates what the United States had become to them and what it could struggle to become again. ... For example, he writes, "Let it be the dream it used to be", even though "America never was America to me" indicating that th...
America either puts it in the ground or burns it. ... America's government does not support recycling nor does America encourage it. ... It is nearly impossible for the land to ever recover from something like that and have rich soil again. ... Moreover, they should let the public know where the nearest recycling center is. ... They should let kids and teenagers know recycling will save this world, garbage will destroy it. ...
Letting America Be In the beginning of the poem, "Let America Be America Again," Hughes writes about America as if it were once a country which people were able to "dream," and be "free," or never did "scheme." ... Letting American be what she intended to be, is the spirit Hughes is trying to convey. ... The workers of America, who never had the "American dream" come to a reality knows freedom is a whimsy thought which one day might come true. ... America boasts proudly of her freedom and equality, yet she never had it. ... Hughes urges the people of America to join together and uni...
What makes America great, you may ask? ... There are many things that make America great. ... In some countries, you must wear a cloth that covers your entire body and we can't ever let anyone see ourselves. ... Then we can turn around again and see a beautiful beach or forest with tons of colorful plants and animals. ... And let's face it; they're doing a pretty good job of it. ...
Simply because they what to live the American dream and have a better life. ... Also not counting those who go missing, those never to be seen or heard of again. ... The American Dream, That's all any immigrant talks about. ... Yet again setting immigration laws for reform to the side, what people need is reform now! ... Let them, let US live he American Dream....
He is a fourth generation American, yet notices this is not an option on the form. ... Why is "American" not an option as an ethnic group? ... In Let America be America Again by Langston Hughes, we read of what an American truly is. ... Throughout these essays, we see many versions of an "American." ... "O, let America be America again - The land that never has been yet - And yet must be - the land where every man is free. ...
Dubois and is defined in the focus of African American literature and the African American experience as "an individual whose identity is divided into several facets.... African Americans have the task of taking the two selves, the African and American, and combining this person into one. ... Among African Americans, the concept of identity is integral to race.... Most times families were pulled apart and never saw each other again and this helped the Americans break or strip down these people in order to rebuild them the way they wanted. ... The slaves who rebelled against this were be...
From 1900 to 1945, America went from the top of the world, to the bottom, and back up again. ... This greatly impacts the future of the nation than if we did not get involved, and it is much more fair if we let a nation resolve it's own conflicts by itself, and this involvement creates much unneeded resent and enemies. However, it is warranted for America to become involved with international conflict if, and only if, it actually impacts us as well, or has the potential to do so. ... Our presence changes the fate of the country, and whether that be for better or for worse, we are tamperin...
