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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of

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The Poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of literacy class last year, when we worked to annotate poems and learn about Poetic devices. This one includes the rhyming, rhythm, and imagery.

This also makes me think about middle school, when we read "The House on Mango Street". The descriptive nature of this poem, and how it talks about dreams that were never actually followed.

My final connection to this is "The Alchemist". The idea that dreams need to be chased, as dreams deffered means you're not living to your full potential, that you're not reaching for your dreams.

Another thing that I noticed, is that this poem references "A Raisin in the Sun", I'm sure this was intentional, but I want more information. Which came out first, which inspired or paid homage to which. This is something that I missed the first time I read this poem in 9th grade, is it supposed to be something that not everyone sees?

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The poem "Harlem" is a poem that I first read in 9th grade. I had stumbled upon it in math class, looking up old poems for inspiration for a poem book I was developing. When I first read the poem, I was reminded of how peoples dreams oft don't work out. Harlem also reminds me of how my dream can be many things, and its up to me to keep it alive and well. One of my big dreams is to make it to BYU for college for example. This dream I have can simply be something for me to admire from afar, or I can make it a reality by researching BYU and talking to professors there. Harlem makes me think of how we can accomplish our dreams if we put our minds to it, we just need the will power to succeed through strife and challenges.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of my mother who has always wanted to travel outside the country, but has never had the opportunity to to so. My mother got married relatively young and had my oldest sister a few years later which has kind of tied her down and she couldn't easily take a trip to Europe or something exciting like that.

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Some parts of the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes remind me of what I do with my own dreams/goals when I don't get around to completing them. For example, when I forget to do something like washing the dishes or getting ready for school I always end up remembering to do so at the last second. To me, this is like what happens in the poem "Harlem" because my dream/goal dries up (I forget about it) and then at the last second it explodes in my face as I realize I need to get that done.

Although, "Harlem" also reminds me of the last book we read as a class being The Alchemist because both texts feature a theme around dreams and goals.

However, I think that the poem "Harlem" is trying to tell us that some people will choose to do different things with their dreams. This is because the poem symbolizes people who throw their dream away(explode) and it also shows that some people with allows have parts of their dream linger in their mind(rotten meat).

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of How if you take too long to eat cereal it gets warm and soggy or if you take to long to eat pancakes, they get mushy and sometimes the syrup dries up into the pancake or becomes crusty. I think it means that when you have a dream but ignore it or save it for later, then the dream might not work anymore because you waited to long and the time that you had to achieve your dream has passed. This happened when I was trying to get a job for the summer and I found one where I can work at concessions for a baseball team, but every time I realized I hadn't filled out the form yet, I told myself I would just do it later. Eventually I procrastinated it so much that i missed the first round of hiring and by the time I signed it i have to wait for the next round of hiring, which will be less people hired and I might not get the position I wanted. This shows that when you have a dream you should try to achieve it as soon a possible because eventually it might be too late.

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The Poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of 8th grade poetry lessons. I never knew what was going to be put down next, like in the poem its like a question, what is it going be next. An example of something from my life would be like if I forgot to do something what would happen next when my mom or dad finds out I didn't do it. In the news from last week about the storm it can relate to that because we were all questioning what was going to happen, houses and buildings could have been or have been destroyed.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of the book we read earlier in the year "the poet X" because she had a different one of those reactions every time her parents tried to squash her dreams.

This is the main reason but also I think they might be similar because they are both black girls.

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The poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes makes me think about how deferred dreams can have different outcomes that aren’t all the same. For some, if they’re delayed, they could never come true because it’s too late. Or they could wait for you and come true. You never know what could happen with a dream. Each one has a different outcome, good or bad. But it also makes me think about how you shouldn’t wait to see what the outcome will be. You should just do it and hope for the best outcome, so it doesn’t “explode”.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of Luke Skywalker from the line "What happens to a dream differed" because Luke has a dream of being a pilot in space but is held back by his aunt and uncle.

The poem also reminds me of my younger self from the line "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" because I used to have a dream of being a couple different things but as time went on those dreams would change hints the "drying up"

Lastly this poem reminds me of Donald Trump from the line "Does it stink like rotten meat or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet?" because Trump likes to make all bad things he does like its no big of a deal like sugar coating the situation.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes remind me of a book of poems from Mr. Kornfields class last year. During the poetry unit last year ones of the books I choose to read followed basically the same sentence structure of asking questions, with answers as questions. This is an interesting way to read its gets your brain wondering and asking more questions rather than coming to a conclusion. I believe that most poetry I've read has not followed this structure being mostly linear.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of stories that I have read and heard about. In these stories, people have these dreams that they work towards, ideas and plans, and then something happens that makes it so that they are unable to reach that goal, and they then have to find a more realistic goal to achieve.

The poem also reminds me of books I have read, particularly with a more dystopian theme. These characters have dreams of a better world, and then one way or another they are blocked from that goal, and their dreams come crashing down. (Although, eventually, they figure out a way to achieve their goals. )

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of the movie, The Notebook . The correlation I see between the two texts is the about how dreams are deferred and the anticipation of the outcome of possibly letting go of a dream.

Also a memory that comes from my life that reminds me of the poem is my dream to go out of state for college. Although I can make this dream a possibly reality, I rather just let it rot away and fade away.

My last correlation from the text to world is the deferred dreams of the deported immigrants. Since they came here for such big dreams and worked twice as hard due to the double standard just for their dreams to be explode or become like rotten meat.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of times when I had to hold back on dreams over another dream. My first dream was about becoming a doctor when I was in kindergarten. I initially thought this dream was important to me because I cared about other people and their lives. Ever since I am now older, I changed my dreams and dreamed of becoming an engineer because the things I cared about changes overtime. This relates to dreams deferred because my old dreams are forgotten in a way that I don't care about much as I used. Now, I focus on my current dreams as I enjoy technology, and engineering more. Dreams deferred relate to the current ICE immigration. It is a great example of text-to-world because many colored people dream about immigrating to the U.S. because it is the country known for the best opportunities. However, it is hard for people of color to come here now because the officers mainly target people at the border.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes connects to me because of the message that we need to follow our dreams. The poem shows me that a dream is important and you need to follow it and keep that dream going or you wont get anywhere.

This reminds me of The Alchemist because a main theme of the book is how we need to follow our dreams, our personal legends, in order to fulfill what life has set out for us.

The poem "Harlem" is quite impressive to me because it portrays the same message as The Alchemist, but in a quite shorter and simpler way. I love how much we can read into such a short poem and how much knowledge we can gain from it.

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The poem "Harlem" Langston Hughes reminds me of how the decisions you make everyday determine whether your dreams are "sag like a heavy load" or "explode".

This poem made me think about a book I read in the past, "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. This book talked about how much of an impact the small habits you make have. The positive habits steadily close the gap between you and your dream, while the negative habits may bring you farther away.

When I was very committed to playing soccer competitively, I remember how I constantly reminded myself about how every second I waste only delays myself from achieving my goals. Thus, I would train every chance I had regardless of how I felt because I wanted to manifest my dreams as soon as I could.

I can connect this theme to the type of environment we have in our society today. It seems to be clear that nearly everyone that is young sets their goals high. They want to achieve this dream, and there are so many opportunities that exist for them to accomplish it. However, only the people that are very determined achieve this dream, while the people that don't commit let their dreams die away.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminded me of a situation in my life, specifically the time i told my parents what my dream was, and what i wanted to push for towards the upcoming future. The poem talks about what a dream can become when it is deferred, and whether it can become something sweet, or just disappear and become something you stop thinking about. For me, when my parents deferred my dream thinking over it was something that kept coming and going. I thought about whether it was truly the thing i wanted, or if it was some phase i had in my life. The reason why i think the poem "Harlem" reminded me of something that happened in my life is because my dream was deferred and dried up in the sun like a raisin.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of trail mix in a metaphoric way. I love trail mix, it contains so many different ingredients like nuts, chocolate chips, dried fruit etc... These different ingredients are like the different circumstances in life. The different types of nuts are your friends and family there are so many different kinds that it great to try them all. Chocolate chips are your successes in life, sweet and are always great to have. Dried fruit are like raisins they represent the challenges you face along they way, sometimes there are few, other times there is so many it get overwhelming. I believe this means that if there is too much of one thing you can loose sight of other important things. Like dreams if you don't have a good balance in life you won't be able to achieve your dreams.

A memory of mine that relates to this poem is when I broke my ankle last year. When I was younger I had a dream to became a professional soccer player. I played sense I was five and I was determined to make it happen but during a SOCCER tryouts I made a wrong move and broke my ankle. My feeling were like in the poem, I felt my dreams "fester like a sore - And then Run" sense then I haven't played soccer sense. But in the poem it also says "or crust over and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet." by breaking my ankle and not continuing soccer I had other opportunities and experience open up in my life. Like playing new sports I haven't played before, having more opportunities to hang out with friend. So really I think challenges you face have meaning and it is your decisions to see a new outlook on your situation.

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The poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes reminds me of a quote that says to "never give up on your dreams" but often times, I give up most of my dreams because I just thought I was never good enough to handle anything. This made me think of a situation when I joined a sport flag football but then few days later, I dislocated my knee and after physical therapy, I just thought that sport isn't really good enough for me and my dream of becoming a flag football player is crushed. But as much as I love sports, I can't just give up and it's part of being an athlete, having fun, playing safe, and pushing forward.

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the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes reminds me a lot of my struggle with my future. i want to pursue art because its my passion and what i love, but i know environmental science is the financially safe choice, because people devalue art less and less especially with the prevail of ai art where businesses would rather generate something from open ai than pay an actual artist, such as myself. the line "does it stink like rotten meat? or crust and sugar over, like a sugary sweet?" for me relates to the fat that not pursuing art, what if i lose my skill, my passion, but if i did what if it became laborious, and felt more like work than the thing that i love.