Forbidden Words in the Way of Good Statement

Forbidden words in the way of good statement During the 1920’s African American’s dreamed of a simple life, a life of freedom. The painting “aspiration” by Jacob Lawrence shows this simple life people strived for. In the painting a man and woman are in a room with a small round table in between them. There is one window with a rolled up cloth as the curtain. They are both reading and being happy because they are smiling at each other. The people in the picture are living the simple life. Jacob Lawrence wants the life the people have in the painting, even though this dream is simple.

Outside material as distraction Through the use of literary arts, Langston Hughes and Jacob Lawrence conveyed the importance and necessity of wanted ideals, goals and dreams, especially within the African American community of the twentieth century United States. pillars during the Harlem Renaissance, these artists conveyed the societal struggle of the lower and middle African American classes and allowed their works to become a point of reference, to help gain a spirit of self-determination and ambition, which would help create the foundation of the Civil Rights movements years later

Ellipses He continues, “... then rest at cool evening beneath a tall tree while night comes on gently, dark like me -- that is my dream ...”

No quoting + vocabulary In Langston Hughes’s poem "Dream Deferred" he questions the fortune of broken dreams. He uses similes to compare it to life-like situations. He compares a broken dream to a raisin. Raisins start out as grapes but as they don't get enough moisture they shrivel up and lose their life. Hughes suggests that broken dreams die. Hughes also compares broken dreams to an explosion. He suggests that broken dreams disappear and can't be attained again, and that they leave destruction in the aftermath. In his poem "Dreams" Hughes compares dreams to a broken-winged bird. Expected to fly, but not ever being able to lift its wings and soar. He suggests that giving up on dreams goes against the very core of human existence. In giving up on dreams, you never are able to soar. He compares it to a barren-field frozen with snow. Cold and lifeless, it's a dream that has lost its life.

Continuity [close. . . ] Opening Paragraph: Langston Hughes and Jacob Lawrence both deal with the ideas of dreams and aspirations in their pieces of work. Langston Hughes’s poems explain the differences between dreams and why they are important. Jacob Lawrence’s piece displays an example of an aspiration. Both dreams and aspirations are similar. Dreams and aspirations are desires that should be pursued because they make life more purposeful. Closing paragraph Both Jacob Lawrence and Langston Hughes say that dreams should be pursued. Without dreams, life becomes an empty field with no purpose. If a dream is delayed or put aside, it will be forgotten. Dreams are unsuccessful when they are forgotten or put aside. The reason why dreams and aspirations are pursued is because they give life purpose and can make life happy.

Conclusion A warm moment with family in a small house in a peaceful neighborhood is what Lawrence yearned for. In the painting Aspiration (1986), he portrayed a couple sitting together in a small house. A black man with shaved head and grey outfit is sitting at the table, talking to a black woman opposite him and showing her the newspaper. The woman dressed in red is reading a book held by her left hand and placing her right one across her belly. On that small black table, a white plain vase holds a single stem with two red blossoms; The window is opened. A piece of yellow cloth is hanging on the wood rod on top of the window. Next to the window on the left, a mirror in a white round frame is hanged. Outside the window, on the street, a man dressed in black is holding a child with one hand and a dog with the other while talking to a woman walking near him. A woman nearby dressed in yellow coat is walking alone, holding two big brown bags with one at each hand. There is no need for a complicated and big dream to make this drawing a truly inspiring piece .

Quotes In Langston Hughes’s poem Dream Variations, he talks about what his dream is. Langston wishes to be able to do as he wishes in the day and be able to rest at night, “ In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance… Then rest at cool evening.” It is a dream that is simple, something at first glance seems easily attainable, yet this is his dream thus it is something he does not have. Also considering his time period it was something to strive for, and what holds him back is the color of his skin, “Dark like me… Black like me.”

Judgment Though these dreams might seem simple by today’s standards, they’re no less important to their creators than any more modern variation.

Thesis It’s safe to say that if you have never dreamed, at all, you’re not living. If you hold on to no dreams, then what is there to live for? It is through Jacob Lawrence and Langston Hughes that have made me realize that dreams are something that every living human being, in every corner of the world, possesses. Every single human being on this planet is different. There are no two people alike. Dreams are one of the common threads that sew people around the world together.

Thesis disconnect To begin with, dreams make life more vivid. In his poem “Dreams”, Hughes Langston uses metaphors to shows that life without dreams does not have a purpose nor can it be productive. For example, “for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly” or “for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow”. Hence, by pointing out the necessity “to hold fast to dreams.” Hughes Langston simply states that dreams are important in our lives.

Thesis? The only way to obtain freedom in life is through dreams. Dreams and aspirations provide you with something to look forward to. Our life would be pointless if we have no future to look forward to. Even the dreams we hold from a young age affect our lives. The simple act of forming a dream, no matter how ridiculous, is an important step. The more important part is that we develop these dreams into goals. Achieving the goals we have is our unique and individual purpose in life.

The next level - phrasing Orig: Despite the hardships of life, with attaining our dreams, comes happiness. because without dreams we have no purpose. However, without dreams, we cease to have a purpose and if we postpone them, they become unattainable.

Alternative: Happiness comes with attaining our dreams, no matter how simple they be, because without dreams we have no purpose. And even postponing them can be destructive.