The poem “Mother to Son” addresses the theme of overcoming racial discrimination. The speaker of the poem is a mother lecturing her son. By referring to her life as not being a “crystal staircase” would suggest a lifestyle that is simple‚ beautiful‚ and luxurious (). The life she speaks of is only for people with privilege‚ specifically white people. The speaker reflects on her life‚ stating how it has never been easy for her. The description of her life evokes sympathy. The speaker describes her
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Compare and Contrast The relationship between a father and son stems from an unspoken competition in many countries. Whether it is a physical or mental rivalry the superior role slowly transcends on to the son as he grows into a man. In Brad Manning’s short story "Arm Wrestling With My Father‚" and Itabari Njeri’s "When Morpheus Held Him‚" both contain admiring sons and impassive fathers. Despite both stories similarities in unspoken emotions they differ in the aspect of their physical relationships
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superficial yet‚ there is more to it. In "Mother to Son"‚ the mother tells her son what life has been to her: Well‚ son‚ I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it‚ And splinters‚..And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare. (Hughes 7) In the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ the protagonist a slave named Tom arrives at a new plantation in Louisiana and the description of the place alludes with the Mother speaking to her son. In chapter 32‚ page 4‚ paragraph
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am. Battling with myself‚ trying to figure out my next step‚ I grew exhausted. I considered giving in to the cycle of low expectations. In contrast‚ as a kid I had dreams and bright ideas. I wondered what would happen to my dreams. Would they look like what the poet Langston Hughes wrote about in his poem‚ “A Dream Deferred”? What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up‚ like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ she tells the value and purpose of dreams and how oftentimes dreams do get deferred. Hansberry got the title for the play based off of Langston Hughes’ famous poem A Dream Deferred. The language Hansberry uses reflects the deeper meaning of Hughes’ poem. Although the Younger women have lived in the same apartment for generations‚ they each face their unique trials and tribulations. Mama is faced with the decision of how to spend the money she received
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Analysis of Harlem (Dream Deferred) Langston Hughes’s poem "Dream Deferred" is basically about what happens to dreams when they are put on hold. Hughes probably intended for the poem to focus on the dreams of African-Americans in particular because he originally entitled the poem "Harlem‚" which is the capital of African American life in the United States; however‚ it is just as easy to read the poem as being about dreams in general and what happens when people postpone making
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purpose of this poetry comparison essay is to discuss the setting and situation‚ the tone‚ and the speaker and how they relate to the poems “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “On My First Daughter” by Ben Jonson. These poems differ in many ways and they are the same in many ways. The purpose of the two poems is to discuss the setting and situation. In “The Mother” the setting takes place in 1945 and talks about the feeling of abortions and how it affects the mother’s life. I’m sure that no one wants
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materialistic things that go along with it. This is especially evident in modern day society‚ where designer- clad nine year olds and mini-motorcycle toys are considered the norm. When asked how their childhood was‚ our grandparents would never even dream of such a lifestyle. They were used to living a live of normalcy‚ and didn’t care about expensive things like we do today. It bothers them to hear of how self-absorbed and dependent today’s youth has become of others. Our elders grew up with a completely
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Benjamin Franklin and the American Dream Allan Kulikoff‚ University of Georgia Americans refer to their Founding Fathers (Benjamin Franklin‚ George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ John Adams) with extraordinary frequency: a July 2006 Google search turned up 61.4 million references to Washington‚ 24.8 million to Franklin‚ 20.4 million to Jefferson‚ 19.2 million to Madison‚ 10.8 million to John Adams‚ and 4.6 million to Hamilton. They call upon them in to settle
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Compare and Contrast Essay There are many similarities and differences between the characters Joby from “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” and Patsy from “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”. In this essay‚ I will briefly explain what happened in these two interesting tales and then compare both stories. The first story I’m comparing is “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” and it is about a young drummer boy named Joby (around 14 years old) who is camping with soldiers in a field near to Shiloh. He is afraid of marching
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