I think this picture shows the African Americans celebrating with music and the arts that they now have freedom to express. They seem happy and hopeful of the future now that they were free.

"Let America be America again" by Langston Hughes and "From Slavery to Reconstruction "by Aaron Douglas These work of writing and art, both by different men but in the same time period, depict America as a great hope or a great oppression. In the picture, " From Slavery to Reconstruction" There seems to be a bright source, just like most of his paintings. I believe if he wanted to show America being a terrible nation, he would have made the whole painting dark and gloomy, therefore making people interpret that there is no light, thus no hope. In" Let America Be America Again" He talks about how America is a faux, filled with ulterior motives, and a place where dreams are let down.He also says that they should just let America be what it was seen as in the eyes of dreamers. But he damped the notion when he said in pasrtheseses " ( it was never America for me)" . Both these pieces paint two entire different pictures of America. This shows that the outlook people have on America varies from their experience with the people and the politics.

He didnt self pity himself when ever he made a mistake because he knew god made him with imperfections like everyone else.

In this poem hes talking about how coming to america and taking on a new culture has made him loose his anstesteral roots and how he feels lost and an outcast.

This Poem talks how birds of prey are gruesome and dont have remorse, they stop the singing birds and are a nusense to people. Reminds me of seagulls which is why I like it.

I like this poem because it talks about how deary and nostalgic the mornings in New york can be compared to its night life.