Dreams

Jimmie Greer Period 7 American Literature 1/19/10 Dreams Dreams are the emotions that can help people get via hardship and difficulty. Some dreams are a guidance or inspiration that make life living for, even in the worse life conditions. They give us a reason to be persistent in our greatest aspirations of life. Despite the obstacle or roadblock that may come, dreams drive us to be resilient in obtaining the absolute vision that are instituted with the dreams. These thoughts, images, sounds or emotions race through your mind to paint vivid pictures or actions to emulate your desired feelings into reality. Every dream is something that we want to once attain in our lifetime, but in doing so there must be some type of sacrifice, which is why we should hold on to our dreams and stand strong by them. In Langston Hughes poem “A Dream Deferred,” Hughes says that a dream is goal in life, not just experienced during sleep. He says that the dream is important to the dreamers life. Dreams are things that can makes us or break us. He says that if you hold off your dreams then things might not turn out the way you want it to. In Hughes poem, he says that holding off your dream too long is like meat that had rotted. Linda Sue Grimes says that “dead animal flesh that some people use for food will turn rancid and give off horrible odor if it is not used in a certain time period.” If the dream is not attended to then the dream will slowly fade away and possibly die sooner or later. From this, we need to work hard to get things done by taking the initiative to work harder and not postpone dreams. By postponing your dreams you are slowly losing hope to get through the events at times they happen to get to your destination which is your dream. In Langston Hughes Poem “Dreams,” Hughes wants us to realize what our dream is and what it can do for us. Dreams can be life changers for many people who don’t have or expect much in life which is why we often dream about places we want to be in life. The theme of Hughes poem is to never give up on anything in life especially dreams. This poem was specially written for those who were “oppressed by racism to continue the good flight and be assured that one day they will see their dreams become reality, said by Jaime Wheeler. Hughes “Life is a barren field, Frozen snow. This means that when dreams go away life is going to be empty like a barren field, and frozen with snow because its hard to grow things in the frozen snow so it becomes a dead. Langston Hughes has demonstrated via two poems on dreams are a important part of life. Dreams help us get via the rough times n even the good sometimes. Dreams are what make life worth living for in different cases all over the world whether it be overcoming adversity, racism, or hardship you have to dream to ease the mind body and soul.