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The Negro Speaks of Rivers
was
written when
Langston Hughes was still
a
student. Hughes graduated from middle
school at the age of 17. His mother hoped that he
could
work
to
help
support
the
family,
yet
the
divorced
father
expected
him
to
attend
university.
Langston
had
wished
to
get
rid
of
the
family,
so
the
best
way
is
to
go
to
university.
When
the
train
was
passing
through
a
bridge
over
the
Mississippi
River,
looking
at
the
river,
Langston
just
wondered
what
the
Mississippi
River
meant
to
the
black people. In the past years, the
black slaves were sold to different places, and he
still
remembered Abraham Lincoln once
went down the River to New Orleans
[
?:?li?
nz], and
on the way Lincoln just witnessed the
miserable life of the black slaves and thus wanted
to
get
rid
of
slavery.
From
the
Mississippi
River
Hughes
thought
of
some
other
rivers
which nourished human civilization and
black culture such as the Congo, the Nile and so
on. Thus came the famous poem
The Negro Speaks of Rivers, only in 10
minutes,
but
obviously will be remembered from
generation to generation.
We always mention the
word
“
dream
”
, which represents happiness and
our best
wishes, and we always
emphasize if there is no dream, our life will lose
its direction and
our life will not be
as colorful as ever. Hughes
’
poem Dreams just describes such a topic.
Yet
here
the
dreams
contain
more,
it
contains
black
people
’
s
dreams
about
freedom,
equality
and
human
rights.
Because
of
such
dreams,
the
black
people
just
hold
on
and
continue
to fight for what they want, and at last succeed!
Dreams
梦想
紧紧抓住梦想<
/p>
（把握梦想）
，
如果梦想消失，
生命将是折翼之鸟，
无法飞翔。
紧紧抓住梦想
（把握梦想）
，
如果梦想逝去，
生命将是一片荒原，
大雪冰封。
“
Me and
the Mule
”
我和骡子
As the leader of the
Harlem Renaissance, all
he described in
his poems have something to do with the black
people, the River, field,
tower, or
mule. The mule he describes is obedient, kind,
just like the old slave Uncle Tom.
He
has
always
got
a
grin
on
his
face,
and
always
obeying
his
owner
’
s
orders,
almost
forgetting the intuition of his own
race. Hughes has great feeling for this mule,
because it
is just the same as him.
Both have the black skin. Hughes has never been
shameful about
being a black, on the
contrary, he has stated many times he is proud to
be a black.
Don’t
give a
damn:
根本不在乎
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