James Mercer Langston Hughes lived from 1902 to 1967, and he was a poet, dramatist, novelist, nonfiction, and short story writer. He had a number of poem collections published, the first being The Weary Blues in 1926, and other volumes of poetry were published : Fine Clothes For The Jews (1927), Montage Of A Dream Deferred (1951), Selected Poems Of Langston Hughes (1959), Ask Your Mama : 12 Moods For Jazz (1961). In his poetry Hughes renders the voices experiences, emotions, and spirit of African Americans he deals with subjects like prostitution, racism, lynchings, and teenage pregnancy.
The theme of the story “ As I Grew Older” by Langston Hughes is, no matter what stands in your way fight for your dream. Hughes showcases the fact that racism and discrimination can hold African Americans back from accomplishing their dreams but, through the struggles they can triumph over racism.Hughes wants African Americans to fight for their dreams and stand up for their rights. In the poem “As I Grew Older”, the first stanza represents the birth of a goal or dream, and as the poem progresses Hughes showcases that the dream begins to diminish behind the walls of adulthood, as he grows older. As the poem flows it’s almost as if the white people make Hughes almost give up on his dream until he realizes he can not let them succeed and take away his pride.
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