Comparing The American Singing And I Hear America Singing

The American Dream is all about fulfilling a dream. The concept or qualities of the American Dream to many people was that they believed that America was the “New” Eden-filled with opportunities. They believed that progress is a good thing; that life can get better and better. The people also believed that the individual, self-reliant person would succeed in life. Therefore, two selections that were talking about The American Dream were “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman and “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes. To start off with, the first poem “I Hear America Singing”. The Poem illustrates that he hears America Singing. Walt Whitman describes all the type of workers in America like Mechanics, carpenter, boatman, shoemaker, and many more. All these workers had some type of dream that led to them singing about their jobs while working. He also believed that the workers dreams have been fulfilled because when he listens to America all he can hear are the workers singing in enjoy. Finally, as “I Hear America Singing” is example about The American Dream there is another poem that is also an example “ I, Too Sing America.”

This poem demonstrates how Langston Hughes see himself as the darker brother and have no right to eat with the whites when company arrives. When the company arrives they send him to eat in the kitchen. So, Hughes dream want to have the right to eat at the table. In the poem he says “I’ll be at the table when company comes. Nobody’ll dare say to me, “Eat in the Kitchen,” Then. Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed- I, too, am America. These lines are saying that by tomorrow he is not going to leave the table if somebody tell him to and when he stays they’ll notice him and be ashamed and Hughes believe that he also sing America not only the white people, which making his dreams becoming fulfilled. “I, Too Sing America” was the last example of The American