32 Langston Hughes where he stays in a community African American places
namely Harlem.
C. I, Too.
Written by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America.
1 I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes,
But I laugh, 5
And eat well, And grow strong.
Tomorrow, Ill be at the table
When company comes.
10 Nobodyll dare
Say to me, Eat in the kitchen,
Then. Besides,
15 Theyll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed - - I, too, am America.
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1. Explication
I, Too is written by Langston Hughes, as reaction to racial discrimination
in America where African American are considered as class. The racial discrimination could be seen from line 8-13: “Tomorrow I’ll be
at the table when company comes. No body’ll dare say to me, Eat in the kitchen.,” this stanza explicates about racial discrimination, it could be seen from word
“tomorrow.” Because the word “tomorrow indicates that before tomorrow racial discrimination still exist , in this poem African American always eat in the
kitchen, it’s different than white people.
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2. Analysis Race
Fist line of the poem, “I, too, sing America clearly signifies one thing: just because his skin color is different from whites, he argues that he also sings the
National AnthemStar Spangle Banner the same as whites do because they are African American also American people.
“I, Too, sing America,” “I am the darker brother.”
Line 1-2 This poem refer to the feature of body of race, this poem is used of the
word “I” as Hughes on titles his poem, “I, Too” By using the word “I” he tells the reader that he, personally, is the subject of the title. Essentially, he is saying that
he, too, or he also. By using the word “too”, he is implying that he is included in it as well and is also part of whatever it is he is referring to the title is particularly
interesting, in that it seems to be a sort of miniature dialog snippet. In the line “I am the darker brother,” showing how he is a part of the
family that is the American society, more specifically, the African American part. He implies that he is the black citizen who is brother to the lighter skinned white
American. The word “brother” symbolizes a more significant and closer relationship with his siblings, or in this case, fellow citizens. He is also American
the poet writes about servant who is a black and serves a white American. Although that African American still optimism that someday African
American will be accepted as white accepted and this poem refers to voice of America.
34 “Tomorrow, Ill be at the table
when company comes. Nobody will dare Say to me, Eat in the kitchen,”
Line 8-13
While the civil helped reunite the united state and slavery was legally dissolved, racial ideologies remained, and the barriers that prevented black from
integrating into American Society still exited.
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This century black people were discriminated through the act of segregation. Black society was separated from
whites in most public areas including trains, park, event cemeteries, and segregates school.
3. Analysis Moment
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