My poem will imitate “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. The context of my re-written poem is gender inequality‚ whereas Hughes is racial inequality. My Poem explores the hardships women have to face and how they still stay determined. This has led me to my thematic statement of “despite the challenges in life‚ females need to stay determined and fight for equality in order to achieve their goals”. I have a personal connection to this poem because as a female I have to overcome many challenges and
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Mother and Son “My father had gone to war endangering his life for us and for our country‚ and now I want to be just like dad and support my country when they need me” The son started‚ he tried his best not to beat around the bush and tried to dart his point on the target. “So can I?” My son is going to war and all I can think is about my husband; he left me like my son leaving for war. My husband when he never came back. I can still hear the bells. The bells hearing my sensitive ears; the reminder
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Comparative essay between the poems “Out‚ Out-” and “Disabled” Wilfred Owen and Robert Frost both use their poems “Out‚ Out-” and “Disabled” to portray the destruction of youth and how it can be cut short by a lack of maturity and wisdom. This creates a sense of loss of innocence within the reader. In “Out‚ Out-” the subject or character has a very quick and short death which contrasts to “Disabled” as death would be a merciful release to the veteran described. Frost and Owen also both use a third
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Hughes and Harlem The land of the free and the home of the brave is a simple yet powerful motto that supposedly describes the inherent rights allotted to each American. Yet‚ the truly brave are often the ones who have the least amount of freedom. America is a young nation with a past full of prejudice‚ but more importantly a past full of bravery and triumph. Americans like Martin Luther King‚ Rosa Parks and Malcolm X‚ all fought for equality. These great Americans rose to the occasion and succeeded
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We are all torn between wanting to stand apart and wanting to fit in. How is this conflict explored in 2 poems and one text? (800 words) An Amerian psychiatrist‚ William Glasser‚ once said: “We are driven by five genetic needs: survival‚ love and belonging‚ power‚ freedom and fun.” As humans‚ the impulse to search for acceptance is present in our nature; however we are also driven by our desire to be unique. It is this conflict between wanting to stand apart and wanting to fit in that shapes our
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The two poems that I chose by Langston Hughes where “Mother to Son” and “I Dream a World”. These two poems really stood out to me because they had a powerful message. The poems actually made me feel something‚ it moved me in a way no poem or story has ever. Both poems made me realize that you should not give up in life‚ just keep pushing toward success‚ and to go down the right path to succeed in life. The poem “Mother to Son” is a poem where the mother who is also the speaker of the poem is trying
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Due to contingent liabilities‚ many companies report different amounts of income on their income statement than on their income tax return‚ which leads to deferred income tax balances. A company is required to accrue a contingent liability if it is probable that the liability has been incurred and the amount can be estimated. This case study focuses on accounting implications of the most common contingencies—warranties and lawsuits—at Maytag Corporation‚ a leading manufacturer of home and commercial
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Langston Hughes’ Harlem:Dream Deferred An analysis of Hughes’ Harlem [Dream Deffered]; How black people are kept down in society. In Hughes’ Harlem [Dream Deferred]‚ at least to me‚ it seems as though he is "talking" from the perspective of a local from the Harlem Renaissance‚ who finally has the ability to dream of a better life‚ but not achieve it. The problem was that many of these people’s ideas of the time was just that; dreams could be easily made‚ and never made to come true. It sounds like
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by Seamus Heaney and “Stop All The Clocks” by W. H. Auden are beautifully opposite poems about family and love. By using two opposite themes‚ imageries and rhymes‚ both poems bring to reader different feeling. The first similar thing between “Digging” and “Stop all clocks” is their theme. Both of them talk about their personal experience. However‚ the reader still can find the difference when they read these poems. In “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ the readers can see the multiple themes. The first
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those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat" another example is in the poem by Langston Hughes mother to son "life for me ain’t been no crystal stair its had tacks in it‚and splinters‚and boards torn up‚and places with no carpet on the floor‚bare. But all the time ‚i’se been climbin’ on....." you are the master of your fate and the captain of your soul according to William Ernest Henley in the poem
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