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Imagine you are a friend of the black boy in the poem " AS I GREW OLDER " by Langston Hughes .How would you help him to find his dream?

Oh poet, I am a friend of yours, and I say:

If you are confronted with a wall that blocks you from getting to your dream which is on the other side of the wall, you have a number of choices:

You can try to climb over the wall; you can try to dig under the wall; you can try to break down the wall; you can, in its dark, oppressive shadow, try to slowly chip away at the wall; or you can try to go around the wall.

Or

You can try to see the wall as an opportunity to dream a new dream.

Or

You can ignore the wall and the dream altogether and strive to become the best you that you can be.