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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Son‚ written by Yiyun Li. Karolina Strömberg 10SPC Han are an ethnic group native to East Asia. Han is the majority ethic group of the chinese population and by that one can think that maybe the name Han (in the story) was decided because he is not so different from others as he thinks he is. That his mother will wait at the airport for him with a photo album that contains pictures of woman that he can marry. A diamond bachelor has usually passed the optimum marriage
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“Thank you” was all I could say. Suddenly‚ all of our soldiers started to retreat. The one who saved my life yelled out‚ “Brave Sons of China‚ follow me!” These 6 words brought out the hero in all of us. The one who saved my life suddenly broke the enemy line with his courage. The enemy fled! We had won the battle! The man who saved me‚ who’s name was Ming Yao‚ was promoted
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James Baldwin‚ an american writer for his novels on racial and perosnal identity focus on civil rights struggles in the united states during the civil rights movement. Notes of a native son‚ written in the 1940’s to the eraly 1950’s allows the readers to understand baldwins first hand experiences during this movement‚ where he faces the consequences of racial descrimination. throughout the novel‚ baldwin explores the most obvious actions of sexual and racial descriminations in western
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television series and seasons of our favorite shows have become so glamorized and important in our lives that we tend to overlook the sexism laid upon characters that are often subtly presented‚ yet sometimes acerbically insulting to both men and women. Sons of Anarchy is a well-known show that airs on FX Networks‚ has an all-star cast‚ a deep‚ heartfelt story line that chronicles the rough life of the
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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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The Father by Hugh Garner Pre-reading Questions 1. The word ‘father’ is commonly understood as a male parent to an offspring. 2. Children may expect their father to spend time with them‚ play with them‚ care for them‚ and protect them. After Reading 1. John Purcell’s goal is to reconnect with his son. Over the past year‚ they have been drifting apart because of John’s alcoholism. John had not yet realized that drinking was the problem. 2. John does not succeed in gaining a closer relationship
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“Tell Mother …I Died For My Country” (JWB). JWB born May 10‚ 1838‚ near Bel Air‚ Maryland. He had 9 other siblings and he was the second youngest of the bunch. His father was known to be an actor‚ but grew a big reputation as a heavy drinker. JWB grew up on a farm with his siblings which were worked by the family’s slaves. When JWB was young he attended a boarding school called Milton Boarding School.If you asked others about JWB they would say he was very handsome. Those who knew him only thought
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All my sons 1. Larry’s letter is instrumental in forcing Keller to realise his fault. Discuss (20M) All My Sons a play by Arthur Miller was staged at the coronet theatre in January 1947 and ran for 328 performances. The play was well constructed and realistic in nature‚ and it was extremely popular among the audiences. All My Sons started in the middle of things and spends most of the play uncovering the facts of the past so that the audience can see the last act consequences in the present. The
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