My thoughts on the Harlem poem

What Happen to a dream deferred?

That's how the poem Harlem starts out and when I think about that it means what happened to reaching the American dream? For some it is easy because the fourtunate few are born in it, or get a good education and will attain the dream through hard work. for other like Bigger for Native Son, it's hard because of the racial divide that was going on during that time. Deferring a dream also has to deal with surroundings if you live in a positive surrounding chances are you will succeed, but if you live in a negative area like bigger did living in a one room apartment with 3 other people and having not so good friends chances of having the American dream come true is very slim. It's makes me sad that people like bigger struggled like this and even though this nation does not discriminate as much it's still hard for people to reach a dream because the "Higher Ups" will look down on the less fortunate . I have said this many times if we can come together as human beings they nothing in the world can stop us and that includes reaching the American Dream.