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Comparing Langston Hughes Harlem And Maya Angelou's Caged Bird

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In Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” and Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird,” the use of metaphors shows the oppression and difficulties in African American people’s life. In Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” the dream deferred is a metaphor for African American people not being able to achieve their dreams. If a dream is deferred it is put off for a later time and Langston Hughes describes what he thinks happens to a dream when it is deferred. He states, “What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?”(1-3). Langston Hughes uses this comparison to say does a dream become less powerful. He also asks if the dream weighs you down or does it become useless in other lines. This relates to the African American community for, they have
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