https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes What did you notice?? en-us 2021-01-08 12:48:42 UTC 2026-03-14 04:59:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075966948 The second speaker mentions how the people who feel America is not America to them all initially had hopes, dreams, and aspirations, but due to cruel reality, that dream was almost almost dead. But, towards the end the second speaker's voice is amplified with determination of making America an America for them. Making it an America where they can surpass the discriminations and injustices they face and thus, reviving their dreams. 
-Josselyn ]]> 2021-01-11 19:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075966948 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075971207 2021-01-11 19:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075971207 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075973688 It is sad to see that the themes in this poem are still relevant in current times. -Arthy]]> 2021-01-11 19:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075973688 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075975275 A quote that stood out to me was "America never was America to me", this quote stood out because it shows the disconnect between the idea of America and its citizens. The idea of America and how we view it are drifting apart and becoming two different ideas.  -Kelsea ]]> 2021-01-11 19:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075975275 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075975856 Being the audience of today, you get this concept of how it was then from the perspective people in anguish. You can gather this cross comparison and think of how though we were instilled this dream within our very core, we were yet to be delivered. How this peace of mind of thinking of this "Dream" is all but lip service from these " "kings." We embellish the very thought of the dream, but never able to even see it with our own eyes. From then and now it shows that the definition of free has surely has changed, but the dream hasn't. Nothing more and nothing less of an illusion made by the "serf of kings."]]> 2021-01-11 19:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075975856 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075976135 the poem discuss the dying hopes of people working hard day by day to have nothing and feel empty. The 2nd speaker represents what every was feeling, which was the feeling of missing something. America to them wasn't how people voiced it out to be and they face a hard dark reality while losing all hopes and dreams of what America was supposed to be. I feel as if the first speaker was being ignorant to the issues represented by the second speaker , the 1st almost ignored till th very end what the 2nd speaker was talking about. I feel as if those two speakers were the two types of people in America , one who had money and weren't discriminated and then there was one struggling against discrimination and poverty. Lastly at the end it discusses gruesome topics to show everyone what its really like and to tell off the first speaker who spoke highly of America like it was sunshine and rainbows 
 - Kamryn ]]> 2021-01-11 19:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075976135 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075977943 This poem continuously shows how even though America appears to be a land where your dreams can come true (which is what one of the speakers believes), it's not like this for everyone. For the minorities, they dream of all the riches but are instead faced with endless work and tasks that strain their bodies. However, the other speaker (who states that America was never America to them) does start being hopeful that one day America will be what it says it is- the land of the free and the land of dreams. Such can be seen when he says, "America was never America to me, And yet I swear this oath- America will be!"
-Grace K.]]> 2021-01-11 19:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075977943 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075979087 The speaker who believes that there never was an America that people dreamed it to be, can be assumed to not be white. This is inferred by knowing the past and even current events happening in America relating to race, and unfortunately there being a dominant race. Race has always been one of the biggest problems for this country, because if there is no sense of equality in race there will be no sense anywhere else. To think people really still do not believe that even if you are black, white, yellow, or purple you are still a human being. - kilie]]> 2021-01-11 19:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075979087 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075980314  ]]> 2021-01-11 19:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075980314 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075982630 -momo]]> 2021-01-11 19:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075982630 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075986160 The speaker of the poem longs for better equality and hopes for a better future. Upon first reading this poem, it occurred to me how relevant this is to everything that has been happening this past year. -Alyssa]]> 2021-01-11 19:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075986160 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075987731 What was the original speakers intention with his speech?
Momo]]> 2021-01-11 19:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075987731 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075990710 There was one line that stood out to me: "I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek." I think this really shows the anguish that many people faced upon the realization that the "American Dream" did not apply to them because this line implies that they are holding on to something they don't even have in order to keep themselves going. -Arthy]]> 2021-01-11 19:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075990710 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075991693 The speaker wants to bring value to everything that people have done, he wants some kind of "redemption" or "justice" for all of the hard working people who could never experience the American dream.]]> 2021-01-11 19:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075991693 brybalan https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075992141 There is a negative connotation of the American dream by the speaker who states he/she is not living it. It almost seems as if he/she is working for someone else's dream, not their own. An example of this is when the speaker says "I am the worker sold to the machine". ]]> 2021-01-11 19:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075992141 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075993014 This poem demonstrates the idea that no matter how someone looks or if they work or not, that they are just like everyone else- human.

]]> 2021-01-11 19:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075993014 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075995218 The American Dream still isn't perfect in modern society. Even though the poem was made in a different time, I feel as though it is still difficult for many people to be able to reach that desired living status. -Kayla]]> 2021-01-11 19:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1075995218 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076002261 At the beginning of the poem, speaker 1 was a representative of the mass idea of America and the American dream and speaker 2 was the minority that was suffering for benefit of speaker 1. When the poem shifts, speaker 2 also shifted from being one mutter voice to a coalition of voices speaking up for themselves.l and standing against the ideals presented by speaker 1. -John]]> 2021-01-11 19:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076002261 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076003793 What was the setting of this speech? Kilie]]> 2021-01-11 19:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076003793 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076004830 I could look this up, but one of my thoughts was what year this poem was made since I was before connecting the past to today. -Angelina]]> 2021-01-11 19:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076004830 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076013429 When reading it together, I knew that using "I" is used to include his thoughts and his experience. To include himself through the speaking after giving the audience a taste of what the poem is about. It creates a smoother pace by not making it all about the speaker in the very begining. -Angelina]]> 2021-01-11 19:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076013429 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076024487 The poem is still very relevant and will probably unfortunately continue to be as long as the concept of “America” exists. There are always new communities that America seems to let down and as the poem reveals: America really never was what it was meant to be. It was meant to be a place where the under appreciated and marginalized went for a better life, but many of the communities that have fled here are still impoverished and have been abused throughout time. 
Also the repetition in the poem really caught my eye the speaker seemed frantic to get their point across.

Laura Smoak  ]]> 2021-01-11 20:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076024487 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076024975 The poem highlights different views about America. It discusses what America is and what America isn’t. It portrays the struggle that many have faced to live here. The poem describes the mindset of the oppressed. The end of the poem is trying to push an Idea to show what it is really like so that people care about trying to make America better. ]]> 2021-01-11 20:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076024975 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076032105 2021-01-11 20:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076032105 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076032539 Being able to reflect on the dramatic changes and and grim similarities of our country sense this poem was written is food for thought.]]> 2021-01-11 20:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076032539 https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076256512 The poem focuses on two different viewpoints allowing both sides to speak their truth and opinion on what America is vs. what is should be.]]> 2021-01-11 21:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahlainemagana/txert03kk5g6yv7o/wish/1076256512