Connotation In Langngston Hughes's Poem By Langston Hughes

In the poem “Harlem” by Langston hughes i felt that it was very simple and easy to understand, being that it was written in the 1950’s and at that time it was a time where people(minorities) had a hope of being free and actually being able to live without any persecution being in the united states. and it was at a time where wwll was still in the hearts of many and would have been very odd that ameicans would go and help free another country beiong that their was still segregation in America and the army was still divided by race. which is supposed to be the symbol of freedom for all. during 1948, president Truman issued a order that allowed for people of any race , color or nationality. but this would not be put into action and did not change …show more content…
what I thought was intriguing about this poem is each stanza starts with a similie like does it stink like rotten meat? and the poem also uses a lot of imagery and makes the peom have a certain feeling to it. when the author use rotten meat it has a negative connotation to it being that it is like the whole theme of the story which is a a dream that is being held back, the author Hughes also makes the reader think more through the use of analogies like does it dry up? or do fester like a sore? which is basically give way to a suggestion as to what can happen with a dream and hughes is suggesting that dreams that are not fulfilled or accomplished can make someone who is trying to see them come true become very bitter and angry at the fact making their life very difficult and is mainly targeting minorioties at a time in America where there was a senses of hoplesness for them and basically giving the reader a insight as to how people at athat time felt, and how it created what many are today due to the fact of injustice and discrimination by white people and the affect that it had on their lives and how it would continue to affect their …show more content…
which makes it more realtable to understand and fell the emotion that huhghes was feeling at that time being afriacan American in America at a time where thery were treated unfairly and poorly because of the color of their skin and not who they were or the things that African maericans wanted to accomplish because it did not matter to white America as they control the power in ameirca and didi not want to see a black man become successful or bigger than them as it would make them feel like their world is no longer theirs and gives them a sense of insecurity that their no longer in power and the only way to mauintian their power in America would be through oppressing other people and taking advantage of as many people as they could but never letting them be anything bigger than what they had wanted, so to me for Langston hughes to have he dreams fufuilled he would have still faced prosecution because being a successful black man in America and respectable would not be allowed by white America and would have had to deal with more issues and problems and maybe even recive harted from his own people as they would have looked at it as hughes having special treatment and would have accomplished all of his dreams but still feel empty inside because it would never matter to white people or white America as they have no soft spot in their heart to show love and emotion that is guenuie other than if it is beifical to them or it creates a sense of exicment for them kind of like a