The poem “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes‚ is about a mother advising her son about life. She tells him that life is not easy and that he should not give up even when life is hard. Throughout the poem she uses an extended metaphor to compare life as a decayed stair. The mother expressed the hardship of life by saying‚ “And splinters‚ And boards torn up‚ And places with no carpet on the floor” (4-6). She describes the stair as an old and decayed stair that seems impossible to climb. Life is hard
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IDENTITY AND CULTURE IN ‘PRESENTS FROM MY AUNTS IN PAKISTAN’ The poem‚ ‘Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan’‚ appears to be about a young girl‚ half English‚ half Pakistani‚ talking about clothes she received as presents from her aunts‚ who live in Pakistan. What the poem is really exploring‚ though‚ is the poet’s views on Pakistani and English culture and how she fits into one‚ both or neither of these cultures. A society’s culture is made up of many things such as the food we eat‚ the music we
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Poetry Analysis on ‘Wind’ by Ted Hughes The poem ‘Wind’ by Ted Hughes is about the power and the ferocity of wind‚ the speaker puts forwards how demonic ‘Wind’ can be‚ it can make everything around him quiver‚ shiver and fear. The title ‘Wind’ is used as a proper noun‚ the speaker differentiates the winds in nature to ‘Wind’ he is talking about; the one he is talking about is a demonic creature. In the first stanza‚ the speaker changes his settings‚ he starts by saying there is a tempest in the
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complicated and interesting man. The person who keeps things to himself. And not independent. Whereas Suzanne she has a dominant personality kind of mean and controlling. But she is smart and independent woman. Question 2 Olive does not like Dr. Sue at all. She felt she was a known it all. According to olive nobody’s knows everything. She thinks. "Christopher doesn’t need to be living with a woman who thinks she knows everything." She is also doesn’t like the wedding of her son with Suzanne who
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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renaissance poet Langston Hughes‚ writes about an African American man named Sylvester with his last dying hours‚ and speaks of his experiences‚ until a darkness finally awakens. Hughes uses the the characteristics of dialect‚ to portray how Sylvester speaks to his children plus everyone in town for the last time‚ and sight imagery as the story is told through the eyes of Sylvester. Lastly‚ while the tone of sympathy and melancholy is heard throughout the poem. Hughes portrays sight imagery‚ as
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of Langston Hughes ’ "Mother to Son" Langston Hughes once stated in his own words that his whole purpose for writing was‚ "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." In the poem "Mother to Son"‚ he denotes his belief on racism in America. In "Mother to Son"‚ a mother is giving advice to her son about life from her perspective and experiences. She wants her son to keep striving on what he believes and to have a more prosperous life than what she had. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin
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American poet and social activist Langston Hughes is renowned for his unique depictions of African American life in the United States throughout the 1900s. Through his work he portrays the sadness‚ happiness‚ and love in their culture. Hughes once said‚ “We Negro writers‚ just by being black‚ have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.” In other words‚ his and other African American writers’ work was criticized simply because of their ethnicity‚ so they
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Langston Hughes was an American poet‚ social activist‚ novelist‚ playwright‚ and columnist. Hughes was one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. Hughes was a man who wanted other people to chase their dreams. F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American and story writer‚ whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. They both were outstanding individuals who were important to America and was known for their great work. Hughes poem‚ “Harlem” and Fitzgerald short story‚ “Winter Dreams” both spoke
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A Black Poet Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri in 1902 (Arnold Rampersad 11). When Hughes was a child his mother and father separated. Most of his young childhood was spent with his grandmother. She raised him to know his self-worth and the importance of know where he came from. He had a lonely childhood. His grandmother encouraged him to read all sorts of literature. At the age of 13 he wrote his first poem in honor of graduation in Lincoln‚ Illinois where he attended elementary
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