Langston Hughes was a very influential writer during the Harlem Renaissance. He has guided African Americans into the state of mind to have hope. At the beginning of the Civil Rights Era, he wrote a poem entitled "Harlem." The theme of the poem is set in the first line, "What happens to a dream deferred"", and successfully evokes in his response in the poem.

"The dream" is something that Hughes had in mind for African Americans. He wanted blacks to be successful. He wanted them to be leaders and rise above white people. Hughes made his opinion clear. He was considered to be the poet laureate of African Americans everywhere.

In the poem he gives ideas of what will happen to a dream deferred. Some people may prefer to cover it with a syrupy sweet which means that they will sugar coat it. They will pretend...