Remember

by Langston Hughes

Remember

The days of bondage—

And remembering—

Do not stand still.

Go to the highest hill

And look down upon the town

Where you are yet a slave.

Look down upon any town in Carolina

Or any town in Maine, for that matter,

Or Africa, your homeland—

And you will see what I mean for you to see—

             The white hand:

             The thieving hand.

             The white face:

             The lying face.

             The white power:

             The unscrupulous power

That makes of you

The hungry wretched thing you are today.

The poem, Remember by Langston Hughes

is his message towards the "negros."

His message is saying that, they are 

still a slave to the whites, and that the

reason why you are the way today, is because

of how they have treated you and your ancestors. 

The Harlem Renaissance themes in this poem 

is anger at racism, and determination to

fight against oppression. Where Hughes writes 

about the white people in the last part of the poem,

you can tell his negative images he has toward the white

people. When he said, "Do not stand still" he wants 

the "negros" to see that they are still

a slave, and they do not deserve that. 

I chose this poem, because the part where he writes

about the white people was interesting to me, and how

he concludes the whole poem by

"that makes of you, the hungry wretched thing you are today."

Theres a part of me that really likes this poem, but part of me

that hates it. I like it because it's interesting, but I hate it

because i would keep thinking i get what it means, and when I tried

to analyze it, I would lose it.