Compose a 1250 words essay on Langton Hughes Poems. Needs to be plagiarism free!Download file to see previous pages... In these tribulations, the author maintains hope of the race (Rampersad 222) in a

Compose a 1250 words essay on Langton Hughes Poems. Needs to be plagiarism free!

In these tribulations, the author maintains hope of the race (Rampersad 222) in a dream that no amount of suffering can smother. Hope and perseverance are also prominent in the second poem. The author refers to hope as dreams that the American people had since the discovery of America and her civilization thereafter. These hopes, shattered by the powerful, as in the slave masters in the first poem, live on and motivate people. However, in the third poem, Dark Youth of the U.S.A., the author focuses on righting the wrongs of the past. He gives this past hopes a name, education, which he believes, are an instrument in correcting the mistakes of the past. Discrimination is a similar theme in the three, poems though, the forms of discrimination differ. In the first poem, discrimination takes the form of racism dating back three hundred years ago. The dark child oppressed by the slave masters and the white man (as in present day) because of their skin color. The second poem is on discrimination of the weak by the powerful in society. He emphasizes this by saying that the poor white man, the Negro, the red man and the immigrant follow a stupid plan in which the mighty crush the weak. As in the first poem, this discrimination is something that has roots in the past. He states that power and greed exist in an ancient endless chain society. The third poem describes discrimination by discussing the position of the young black youth in society. It is apparent that the authors views this position as lower because he asserts that the mission of attaining education is to elevate this position and defy oppressors. Identity is the driving force in the laments and actions of the narrators of the poems. Rampersad (222) is of the view that the same applies for the author Langston Hughes whose experiences of racism in the 1920’s inspire his works. The first poem still refers to future generations of free blacks as dark children. This is a way of showing that the identity and roots of a generation are indispensable. Ergo, there is a need to remember the history of a people as it is the true illumination of things past and things to come. Identity goes beyond skin color as seen in the second poem. the author describes identity as a need to belong. Belonging arises from contributions of an individual to build a niche. Identity in these poems is also dependent on the title of reference for instance, America, a white brother and the red man. The author also refers to America as my land. The three poems also have a reference to the homeland and home and this refers to belonging somewhere hence identity. In the third poem for instance, the author states, “America am I…American youth…”. Katz in his book “Why freedom matters” indicates that freedom is worth the life of an individual. He makes reference to the poem (29) let America Be America Again to emphasis the need to fight for freedom. Fighting against oppressors is a characteristic subject of these three poems. In the poem, The Negro Mother, the narrator urges the dark children to match forward and break down bars. In the poem Let America Be America Again, the author states that people must redeem. Redeem in this context refers to fighting for all the hopes and believes they held for all those years, and that have not yet come true. In the poem Dark Youth of the U.S.A.