Read the following passage from Langston Hughes's "Theme for English B" and answer the question. It's not easy to know what is true for you or me
at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I'm what
I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you:
hear you, hear me-we two-you, me, talk on
this page.
(I hear New York, too.) Me-who?
Why does the speaker mention Harlem?
Harlem, as a predominantly poor black neighborhood, emphasizes the speaker's social and cultural background.
Harlem, as a predominantly rich and white neighborhood, emphasizes the speaker's social and cultural background.
Harlem is a made up city and supports the theme of dreaming.
Harlem represents all that the speaker is trying to escape.