everybody’s got their own story. In a poem entitled “Mother to Son” and a short story entitled “Thank you Ma’am “ which is both by Langston Hughes‚ it it illustrated to the readers that a person’s past can greatly influence the person’s future. The experiences in the past of both Mrs. Jones and the speaker in the poem had given to them that all-too-important insight and allowed them to share the knowledge to the young people. In the poem “Mother to Son‚” the speaker is telling the boy her story and is
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grow in life though we need to appreciate each other and world we live on. Life is not a walk in the park‚ it’s never easy;you’re always trying to get better. In Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son’ the speaker is talking about hard life is. In her journey she says “ Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (Mother to son‚ Langston Hughes line 2). Within this quote she explains that life is not easy and never will be easy even when you’re happy. Furthermore‚ she continues to‚ “So‚ boy‚
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bake. Me a deprived and miserable cake. Feeling the heat I started to bubble. Watching the others I knew I was in trouble. This was cute as a child. But it does nothing for me now at this stage of my understanding. But those poems by Langston Hughes Mother to Son‚ Dreams and Let America be America Again‚ some of the best I have ever read. I never thought of myself as being into poetry until I read these poems.
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In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ the literary device being used is dialect to communicate the mothers message on how life may be hard but you have to work through it. Dialect is a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Dialect is used to help the reader understand the characteristics of the speaker like the speakers education level. In this case‚ the dialect is from a black‚ working‚ uneducated mother. This poem is about a mother who grew up
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Biography 12/10/12 Langston Hughes Langston Hughes is an African American poet who grew up in the early 20th century. He was most known for being one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue". Hughes is one of history’s top poet because of his radical approach to civil rights. Hughes advocated violence often rather peace with whites. Hughes grew up in multiple
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nationalism led to the victory of the country during their nine month civil war. This artwork‚ titled “Mother #2”‚ painted by Bengali artist Bishwajit Goswami‚ should be included in an Asian Art Museum because of the use of Bangla and the use of Bengali clothing throughout the piece.
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“Mother to Son” The speaker of the poem “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes is a mother who is giving advice to her son. Her life has been difficult and hard at times. As readers‚ we know this because the speaker talks about how life is a staircase and her staircase has had “tacks and splinters in it” (line 3-4). This means that her life has not been perfect and she had many challenges to deal with. Perhaps she was born into poverty‚ because the images in her poem reveal a ragged‚ old staircase
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to the normality of racism. The line that stood out to me was “On the bus we’re put in the back‚ but there isn’t any back to a merry-go-round!” This shows the symbolic image of a merry go round and its equality. Dressed Up This poem is ironic. Langston talks about how he got all these new stuff but he has no one to tell him he is sweet with these entire new stuff. This shows that in this world our possessions are vanity. We can have everything in this world but without someone to love us those
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Langston Hughes Poetry Langston Hughes was an American poet and innovator of the art form of jazz poetry. I will analyze and give some insight into the meaning of his poets for the point known as the Harlem Renaissance. “The Nergo Speaks of the River” Speaking for the people of Africa. The "I" of this poem links people of African descent to an ancient and life-giving force‚ the rivers. By asserting that he has "known rivers ancient as the world‚" the writer states the people of African
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Langston Hughes and The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a huge cultural movement for the culture of African Americans. Embracing the various aspects of art‚ many sought to envision what linked black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other. Langston Hughes was one of the many founders of such a cultural movement. Hughes was very unique when it came to his use of jazz rhythms and dialect in portraying the life of urban blacks through his poetry‚ stories‚ and plays
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