Mother To Son Analysis

The poem, ¨Mother to Son¨ by Langston Hughes depicts a mother talking to her son about how life treated her and how he should treat it in return. In the first stanza of the poem, it says ¨Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it. And splinters, And boards torn up...¨ This can be seen as the mother's life has not been sunshine and lollipops, but it was filled with pain and heartbreak. With these emotions coming in throughout the good and the bad times, sometimes it may want you to give up. Later in the poem, the mother encourages that only with pain and sacrifice and heartbreak will lead to a life well lived. The mother tells her young child that he cannot stop climbing the heights and that he cannot fall down now. Although
life has its tacks on the ground, and splinters in your feet, you can keep going. If life has not treated you the way you want, then you fight for the life you want. You can not just fall down when the slightest of challenges come your way. The poem is helpful for all of those who are struggling, and the poem ¨Money¨ by Howard Simon shows that money is wanted, but it brings negative effects on the aspect of life. ¨Money money, sick well, money money, heaven hell.¨Money brings both heaven and hell. Money will make it feel like heaven, but not having it can make it feel like hell.

All of the greasers need this kind of attention, but Johnny urns for his parents attention, but never seems to get it.
If he had a loving mother that gave him this kind of attention and gave him hope, then he could have not died. Or if he were still dead, he would have died knowing he had loving parents. He would have had more support from the people that he wanted in his life the most. He did not want the money, or the popularity. He wanted the thing he could never have, loving parents. Parents that cheered him on at sports events, parents that spent time with him doing things other than hitting and abusing him. If Johnny had read this poem and it was from his mother, then he could believe that she loved him more than alcohol and the substances that she would abuse. “So boy, don't turn back. Don't you set down on steps cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now- For i'se still goin honey, i'se still climbin’ And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.” Even though Johnny could never forgive his mother, this could give him a glimpse into her life. Maybe, just maybe Johnny would have had a normal life after he got this poem from his mom. Instead of running away after a murder, a mistake that would cost him his life, he could have been in a loving home for the remainder of his adult
life.