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As I Grew Older

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  • His dream was .......
    bright like a sun
  • What does he use to break through the wall?
    his hands
  • How high did the wall rise?
    until it touched the sky
  • What was in front of the poet?
    His dream
  • What does the word "dimming" mean? (The dream was dimming.)
    fading, getting darker, disappearing
  • What does he want to BREAK?
    The shadow
  • What is the message of the poem?
    Do not give up. Fight for what you believe in.
  • What is the wall?
    a metaphor/ a symbol of racism, discrimination, oppression
  • What rose slowly?
    The wall
  • How does he feel "in the shadow"?
    He feels depress and in despair.
  • When did the poet have his dream?
    A long time ago
  • What does "whirling" mean?
    Turning round and round like a tornado.
  • Who wrote AS I GREW OLDER?
    Langston Hughes
  • What can he not achieve because of the wall?
    his dream/s
  • What does he want to SHATTER?
    the darkness
  • What was whirling?
    dreams (of sun)
  • What do his HANDS symoblise?
    The tools he uses to break through the wall.
  • What does he want to smash?
    the night
  • When was he optimistic?
    When he was a child/ as an adult as he is ready to break through the wall.
  • What rose?
    the wall
  • Where does he lie down?
    In the shadow
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