I Dream A World

I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom's way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Nor avarice blights our day. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free, Where wretchedness will hang its head And joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankind- Of such I dream, my world!  Langston Hughes In this poem James Langston Hughes writes about the world he dreams of. Although the poem is very short it really speaks out and gets the point across. In the poem he talks about about how he wants freedom and how he wishes for peace and love in the world his lives in. When Langston Hughes writes, "A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free" this is the part that really stands out to me. He is saying that he just wants equality for everyone on earth no matter if they are black or white, he just wants everybody to be happy and free. The HR theme that this poem is trying to portray is determination to fight against oppression. By writing this poem Langston Hughes hopes that society feel his pain and feels the need to change the way things were back in the 1920's. This poem show that Langston Hughes is desperate for change and he just want everybody to be treated equally. Another HR theme in this poem is desire to reconstruct the meaning of negro, by writing this poem Langston Hughes is trying to change the way African Americans are treated in society. He is trying to make it so that everybody is seen with the same fairness. He is trying to change it so that people aren't treated differently because of what race they are. Basically he is showing that no matter if you are black or white you are worth the same. Black or white people should be treated with respect and have equal opportunity.  I chose this poem because its really touching to me. I like how he writes about the world he dreams of, because i can imagine how many people this poem spoke to back then. I'm sure that many people were feeling the way he was. I feel that someone is talented when they can show their pain and their points of views across a very short poem.