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I chose this poem because it although was written after the time of slavery, Langston Hughes still thinks that America is not completely fee, America is not America to him, there is no equality for him, this poem expresses his feelings of America

Let America be America by Langston Hughes s very opposite to Claude McKay's To One coming north. This is because McKay says such good things about the north and all this equality, but Hughes disagrees, he says that America is a free place but not to him, he has no equality there, freedom does not spread to him. Their points of view are very different.

"Let America Be America Again" By Langston Hughes is a negative poem. Criticizing the way America treats its lower class but vital citizens, this poem uses quotes from famous documents like the Declaration of Independence to show that America never achieved its dream of equality. A positive counter-image is seen in Aaron Douglas's "Song of the Towers". In the foreground of this painting, a man stands on a bridge made of a gear in front of a row of towers. Between two towers, the statue of liberty is visible, shining a bright light on the man.

I chose this poem because he is setting a goal to accomplish his dreams of being happy.

This poem is similar to "To One Coming North" by Claud McKay because both poems discuss the topic of winter and how things up north change, while things in the south are consistent.

I like this poem because it shows how bad slavery really was and that it was wrong to take peoples "human-hood" away from them. Claude is standing up for himeself and for his people with pride and dignity.

In "One Friday Morning", Langston uhughes shows a very positive view of America. Even though Nancy Lee has all these great things that she earned taken away from her, she still believes in the purpose of America and she still loves the country even though it has taken the one thing that she had worked the hardest for. This is very different than Claude McKay's view on America in the poem "Enslaved". In this poem he talks about the race of black people being torn from their homes and being used and treated horrible and how his heart begins to turn to lead a with hatred and he talks about how black people have no home on this earth. He writes that he wants the white mans world of wonders to be swallowed into the earths vast tomb or roll upward like artificial smoke. He shjoews his hatred for white people and shows his hatred for america because of the white people.

I chose this because it shows what it was like for him to have a white dad and a black mom and him being born somewhat in the middle so he was still vulnerable to racism towards blacks.

This poem is about the beauty of the north in spring.

In the poem spring in New Hampshire Claude McKay describes the beauty of America and all of the things it has to offer. But in Let America be America Again Langston Hughes describes the things that America has done wrong and how it should stop descriminating.