Let America Be America Again By Langston Hughes: Poem Analysis

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In “Let America be America again”, Langston Hughes creates sympathies through metaphor and parallel structure o show that with great economy is built above slavery, blood and tears. The poem has reflected during the old time America, African americans and people from low class has got treated very unfairly. The only people who reached the American dream were the only 1 percent of the Americans. Therefore, rest of the american has suffered a lot from the 1 percent and they gain nothing from them but just an impossible American dream. America was built up by the people who try to chase dream, freedom, equality and liberty. As a matter of fact, this statement is only able apply to the people from Europe. Actually they had already went went wait …show more content…

During that period of time, African American could be the most cruel people in America. Though in modern time America, congress has removed slavery laws, but black people were not getting a lot of respects. Whenever they go to a restroom, there are white restroom and colored restroom. Also, they have set up the different section of trains which is colored section and white section. The saddest part is that when an African american has the same job a white people has, he would most likely to get lower pays than the white people, or even can not get pays. The society has been so cruel to African americans. So it is so far from the “All men are created equal”. So if we want to let America be America again, we should deny the color of skins make differences, but admit that everyone no matter what color he is, he is a man."Let it be the dream it used to be.Let it be the pioneer on the plain "Seeking a home where he himself is free.Man should not be treated differently because of the differences on religions. From the matter of fact that no matter what kind of religion, people believes in God, but different kind of God. Christian had reject the atheist a lot, also other religions too. America was built base on the freedom of religion, so that atheist and other religious should stand on the same stage, and there is no the better religion in this nation. People should treat each others the same instead of treating …show more content…

"Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,We, the people, must redeemThe land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.The mountains and the endless plain—All, all the stretch of these great green states—And make America again!” The free America is actually not free, the words on the constitution are just words. The dream has fade away. All these hard working people, all of their bloods and tears had really make the 1 percent of the American’s American dream came true. The reality is such a chaos for the narrator. he has suffered so much from this reality, so he now wants to share his idea to all the readers and try to wake them up, this is not the America that want, this is not the society they want. The American dream does not exist. This nation has carried so many people’s hope and dreams, though during that time of period they could not make America be America again, now people can. Nowadays, people is on their way to make America be America. But First, people should treat each other the same. And admit that every man is just a man. It is been a long time coming for this nation, but one day America will be America

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