I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

          So in this poem it shows how somebody feels towards how they are treated. He also dreams about what he will do one day that will make him feel stronger. It does not seem like he cares but inside I know what he going through. That feeling of hatred and left out, it just makes him want to show them what makes him special. He wants to show those people how beautiful he is so they can be ashamed of all the things they did to him. I see how he going this way especially as a minority.

          This poem is probably a poem about a slave who feels like a minority without able to fight back. He is the darker brother which gives me a clue about the time period its in. Also it gave me the clue of what is happening in the poem and how he feel about it. The author started the poem with "I am the darker brother" to show the readers what is happening.

        I think that this whole poem had to deal with slavery. At first he is getting treated really badly and then he shows them what he really wants to do. At the end he says "i too am america" which shows us hes american. Hes trying to say as an american he should have the same rights as all americans. All he signifies is that he is the darker brother.

       I like the way Langston Hughes wrote this poem. He starts of saying that he was the darker brother which made the reader think more deeply. Also the way Langston Hughes writes about difficult times is usually narrating which makes it interesting. He also ends the poem by saying that he is american too which made it more deep and thoughtful because he is still a minority.