"I, Too" is a poem written by Langston Hughes. As soon as I read the second line I could tell that the poem is from the voice of an African American. Hughes uses the line "I am the darker brother." This line itself is bold and powerful. It states that the writer is not only black but that he is also the white man's brother, fellow American. From lines 3 to 7 the writer tells of how his assumed white owners are ashamed of him and that they send him away when company visits. In reaction to their shame the writer describes how he too is an American and no different from his white owners. He speaks of how he laughs, eats, and grows strong just as any other man does.
From lines 8 to 14 the writer then looks and describes his speculated future from his own eyes. He gives foresight to an America were the black man can eat and enjoy company like and with the white man.That he can not be told where to eat and that "Nobody'll dare."
After the writer looks to the future he describes how the white people will feel. He writes that they will finally see how beautiful he, a black man, is. He finishes the poem powerfuly with "And be ashamed- I,too, am American." These last two lines show that although they are lawfully equal to an extent, the white man will still be ashamed that they are both equal, American.
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