Re- Dreams and Goals

Author's Note: In this essay I will be explaining the quote, "Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" from the poem, "dreams" by Langston Hughes and I will be talking about his life.

Langston Hughes was born in the time period when racism was a big thing. He was born in Joplin, Missouri. He was a second child to Carrie Mercer Langston and James Nathaniel Hughes. He grew up in different small towns until his Father left the family, and divorced Carrie. Langston didn't have a very strong relationship with his father. Langston's mother was looking for a job after his parents spilt, he was raised by his grandmother. After his grandmother's death, Langston went to live with family friends for a while.

In the well known poem, dreams by Langston Hughes is mainly about holding onto your dreams at tough times. It's not a very happy situation. The stanza, "Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is mainly about how life isn't fair at times, but you just have to let those hard times heal. Dreams is mainly about Langston saying, don't let go of your dreams because when life is rough, all you have are your dreams and goals.

On May 22, 1967, Hughes died from complications after abdominal surgery. His ashes are  beneath a floor medallion in the middle of the Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. He died when he was about 65. Langston only lived for a short time. Nobody deserves to die at such a young age.

Even though Langston Hughes had a short life, he put a lot of work into it and also put a lot in his pieces. After he died his pieces still are around today and are great hits! It didn’t matter what race he was, he was a fantastic writer and made a clear statement in each piece of his. The poem Dreams is mainly about not letting go and even though it's such a short poem I caught on very fast to the meaning.