The Need to Express, To Communicate...

("A Dream Deferred", Hughes)



First and foremost, the inital connection of this poem can be found in the author Langston Hughes, who's name appears in the song "Le Vie Boheme" in the production of Rent. The aura of the song is a celebration and representation of many different radical ideas, people, and issues within the past few decades. Like the poem, each of these issues such as homosexual rights, drugs, and civil rights call and dream for a better future. This poem captures the pain, failure, avoidance, and work of a dream and eventually questions the worth of the dream. It's a part of the process of any difficult goal, a questioning of worth and need. While the main dream associated with this poem is Civil Rights, this feeling is present in almost any situation. The main message that should be recieved from this work is the preserverace to push ahead, and to resist "exploding" the dream or act in violence. One should instead connect to the aura of "Le Viee Boheme" and celebrate the acomplished work and show pride towards