Whites had the power, with power comes money and money translates to freedom. Poets are trying to break free of the chains of the past with words as their lock pick. Poetry was a way to connect to many different groups of people. Having an integrated society was a dream to becoming accepted. The poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes talks about what its like to have a dream and not be able to live out your dream. He says that you needed dreams in situations like this to be able to survive. He then asks what happens to a dream if you never strive for it; does it just go away after time or does it “explode”. This was unexpected while reading the poem, but when I it-it stood out as the most important line. It’s a very vivid image that he paints in your mind, I could see an idea exploded and destroys everything else around. White people made African Americans feel as if they were less than human and I can imagine the dream was to be able to live as one people instead of being
Whites had the power, with power comes money and money translates to freedom. Poets are trying to break free of the chains of the past with words as their lock pick. Poetry was a way to connect to many different groups of people. Having an integrated society was a dream to becoming accepted. The poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes talks about what its like to have a dream and not be able to live out your dream. He says that you needed dreams in situations like this to be able to survive. He then asks what happens to a dream if you never strive for it; does it just go away after time or does it “explode”. This was unexpected while reading the poem, but when I it-it stood out as the most important line. It’s a very vivid image that he paints in your mind, I could see an idea exploded and destroys everything else around. White people made African Americans feel as if they were less than human and I can imagine the dream was to be able to live as one people instead of being