MOTHER TO SON: VIDEO PRESENTATION ‘Mother to Son’ is an ecstatic poem composed by Langston Hughes. The poem is structured in a form of a conversation between a mother and her son. Hughes assures her son that her life wasn’t crystal stair‚ she also had to face several struggles in her life. Hence‚ she commands her son not to look back and keep climbing higher in life even if he thinks climbing is hard. He should try not to fall and climb the stairway of success without any fear because his mother
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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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PERSONAL STATEMENT I squint through the half open window of my flight; the sun is shining bright.; a rather too bright for my liking. Bangalore and its mild climate‚ much to the bewilderment of my parents has made me soft. Indore’s heat‚ a scorching 47 degree Celsius welcomes me‚ as if to make up for lost time. I employ the use of my trusty cap‚ and hail a cab home. My mom has made me her special pasta. After all‚ their only son has returned‚ and since I study a whopping 1500 kilometers away
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All My Sons is about how we deal with the pressures that are put on us by family and society. Miller dramatizes this in Keller’s and Chris’s different views about personal and social responsibility. Keller believes that he is only answerable to his family and that his war crimes ought to be excused because he did it to save his family from ruin. Chris‚ on the other hand‚ believes in social responsibility - that we must care about society and that we are responsible for the well-being of all members
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Tiana McCorvey Period 4 11/16/10 Interpretations of the Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the best-selling and most read novels in America. Of course‚ with this “romance‚” as Hawthorne called it‚ being so popular some of the famed producers and actors tried to make a movie from it‚ as Daniels explains in his article “Bad Movies/Worst History: The 1995 Unmaking of The Scarlet Letter.” Times after time‚ there have been at least 10 productions and none have them
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the more extreme Muslims that had strong belief in the religion was Mohammad. The Qur’an which was God’s messages being sent to humans was the revelation that started. He had a big influence on Muslims way of thinking and their way of Islamism interpretations. Islam’s religion is to completely accept the guidance and teachings of God. The Arabic word Islam means peace‚ purity‚ acceptance and commitment. In Islam‚ Muslims would pray to Allah and Shahadah. Allah is not only god‚ but “The God” and
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the age of Discovery and British colonization. If a British citizen thinks that the Sons of Liberty were terrorist for fighting against an unfair situation‚ then they may as well think people such as Indians‚ who fought for their independents‚ were also terrorist. Then again‚ let us take a look at other terrorist groups and their ideologies. They commit acts of terror with different ideologies. Accordingly‚ Sons of Liberty could be categorized as patriots‚ who used a tactic of terror.
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Dream Interpretation Introduction: 1. Introduce myself: a. Hello‚ my name is....... 2. Introduce topic: a. Today I will be teaching you the basics of interpreting your dreams 3. Introduce my qualifications: a. I am a dreamer‚ as we all are or have been at one point in our lives; I know what its like to wonder what the reasoning of my dreams are. This is when I decided to research dreams a lot. In no way would I call myself an expert‚ but I found a slight interest in something and went with
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analysis of ‘My son the fanatic’: According to (2011‚ 12). Literary Analysis of My Son the Fanatic. StudyMode.com. THE short story My Son the Fanatic develops through the conflict between a father and his son. We agreed that‚ it is obvious in the story that the relationship between Parvez and Ali is bad because they do not understand each other. A reason of this is because of Ali’s development to a Muslim‚ which Parvez does not notice. He only notices that Ali has changed‚ for example he throws out
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All My Sons The play All My Sons‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is complex to say the least. Each character has a dilemma that they have a tough time getting through. At first‚ the story seems to basically be about a wealthy family that has lost a son in World War II‚ and the inability to move on from it. Kate‚ the mother‚ has the most trouble accepting it‚ but it also greatly affects the one of the characters‚ Chris. Chris is the son of Kate and Joe Keller‚ heir to Joe’s business . Kate‚ Joe‚ Anne‚ and chris
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