SH+Task+3+for+February+16th

=**Task 3**=

//I, Too// By Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then.

Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-

I, too, am America.

1. Define Imagery. Imagery is descriptive language that invokes powerful images in the audience also know as descriptive language. 1a. List the words of Imagery. The words of imagery are sing, darker, eat, grow strong, and beautiful. 1b. Explain how these words create your image/ experience of the poem. These words all showed what the author was trying to say in the poem. They illustrate how the narrator is under-appreciated and his quest to become appreciated.

2. Define Metaphor. A metaphor is figurative language in which two things are compared even though they may not be related at all. This figurative language is used to provoke powerful comparisons in the audience without the use of like or as. 2a. List the most important metaphor. The most important metaphor is I, too, am America. 2b. Explain how the metaphor best display's the poem's overall meaning of equality. "I, too, am America," demonstrates that even though his family and their guests may not appreciate him, he still has the right to sit at the table with everyone and the narrator realizes this and it makes him a powerful figure in the poem. The metaphor is comparable to how some Americans are not appreciated in America and they still deserve respect from fellow Americans.

3. Define Symbol. A symbol is something that represents something in text that has a deep meaning in relation to the text. 3a. List the major symbol of the poem. The major symbol of the poem is the table. 3b. Fill in the blanks below: Langston Hughes uses the symbol of the table to display what is being used to oppress the narrator of the story. The table is a goal of the narrator. While he craves to sit at the table with company, he cannot because the table is being used to keep him down. The oppressors keep him from the table in order to reinforce that he does not deserve to sit at the table with company. While the narrator feels that the table is the ultimate goal, he wants to meet it. This feeling of goals is a powerful symbol in the poem and keeps the narrator motivated to keep moving forward.