reflections
Tears of Attumn
This stroy is about a chinnese gril that leaves everything behind t go america. She leaves her whol;e life and get leves to fall in love with other man. SDhe is so sad and lazy where she lives now in china she wnst a little excitingment in hert life ans is hoping to getting it america or at least find in anywy. She is very angry amnd srustate and impaafticne begfore her tripe. She takes a boat ot marica or newoyrk in Eliis inland. When she get there after ewaitingf serval days to arrive. She has to go through custom and becomae very mad. She is so eexciting to meet her new hjusaband who ahe hasn';t seen face to face in over 20 years. This make the reader wwonder weather she is going to happy to see him or wheather he will be a samll drunk man. This doesn't not surprize anyone. When they find out is a short fat bald man who she hates. She become very angry. She says to her slef that everything will be ok and it will alll work out in the end. She walks with him to the end of th street hand hands but they so loose they really not even touching. The ahutrthor is saying that epople shouldn't be in a rush to do something that mke ffect the whole life in the end that beople must think before they act.
�What�happens�to�a�dream�deferred?
� �,�was��written�by�Langston�Hughes�,�a�famous�Black�poet�of�the�1900's.��This�poem�uses�metaphors�and�similes�to�describe�what�can�happen�when�a�dream�is�not�reach.��First,�the�author�suggests�that�the�dream�dries�up.�Meaning�that�the�owner�of�the�dream�a�has�forgotten�about�it.�Next,�Hughes�compares�it�to�a�wound�that�has�become�infected.�He�continues�to�state�the�some�unfulfilled�dreams�can�makes�it� �s�dreamer�bitter�like��rotten�meat�or�phoney�like�sweet,�cheap�candy.��Sometimes,ϢLangston��Hughes�believes�it�weighs�on�it� �s�owner�like�a�heavy��load.�Or�worst,�it�can�explode�inside�the�person�who�dreams�!���Meaning�of�the�Poem:�The�author,�Langston�Hughes,�gives�many�situations�that�could�happen�when�a�person� �s�dreams�are�left�unfulfilled.�When�he�talks�about�� �What�happens�to�a�dream�deferred?� ���Hughes�means�what�happens�when�a�dream�doesn� �t�happen.�� �Does�it�dry�up:�like�a�raisin�in�the�sun?� ����In�other�words,�it�is�forgotten�and�left�out�in�the�sun.��Line�4�5��� �or�fester�like�a�sore��"��and�then�run?� ��Suggesting�that�it�has�angered�and�frustrated�the�one�whose��dreams�are�not�coming�true.�� �Then�they�run� �,�meaning�that�they�run�away�from�their�dreams�forgetting�them�because�they�know�they�can�no�longer�be�attained..��Line�6��� �Does�it�stink�like�rotten�meat?� ��Can�one�forget�and�give�up�on�their�dreams�without�becoming�bitter?�.�The�dream�remains�with�them,�unable�to�forget�their�failed�dream�like�one�can� �t�forget�the��smell�of�rotten�meat.�Do�some�pertained�to�forget�and�cover�up�their�disappointment�with�an�all�forgiving�sugary�sweet�exterior?���Line�9�10��� �Maybe�it�just�sags�Like�a�heavy�load.� ���This�suggests�that�the�deferred�dream��just�stays�with�the�person�their�whole�life�bringing�their�spirits�down.�Sagging�their�feelings�and��dampening�their�emotional�outlook�towards�life.�The�last�line��� �or�does�it�explode?� ��is�dramatic.�Suggesting��it�makes�some�people�go�insane.�Losing�their�mind�because�the�lost�their�dreams.�Losing�your�dream�could�completely�destroying�one� �s�self�being.���
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