Point of View Messages in I Too by Langston HughesLangston Hughes's writing in “I Too” depends significantly on his point of view. The actions that take place in the poem are as realistic as possible because Langston Hughes speaks from the heart. He went through the Harlem Renaissance and faced constant struggles with racism. For this reason his writing seems to manifest a greater meaning. He is part of the African-American race that expresses itself in his writings. He writes about how he is currently oppressed, but this does not diminish his hope and will to become an equal man. Because it speaks from the perspective of an oppressed African American, the poem's future struggles and changes seem to be of greater importance than they normally would. The point of view of the oppressed African American is clearly evident in Langston Hughes' writing. The author states, “I am the darkest brother” (2.2). Here Hughes clearly speaks on behalf of the African American race because during the early and mid 1900's African Americans were oppressed due to their darker skin color. Nowhere in the writing does Hughes mention the words racism, segregation, discrimination. Nowhere in the poem do we read words like Civil Rights Movement or Harlem Renaissance. Yet the reader knows exactly what Langston Hughes is referring to. This is because the writing is about a darker brother who is told to eat somewhere else. This leads the reader to bring the point of view of the poem into play. Because it is about such a brother and because Hughes was a revolutionary poet who constantly wrote about the struggles of the black man, the reader can easily interpret the poem as a cry for the African-American man. Langston Hughes' writing as an African American then makes the narrative very probable and realistic. Another example of Hughes' constant struggle against racism and his internal and thoughtful response to it is clearly seen when he recalls that he was denied the right to sit at the same table. His point of view identifies that he could not sit at the table because he was African American. However, he remains very optimistic in not letting his misfortune please what is considered “the white man” in the poem. Langston Hughes says, “They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes".,