The poem‚ ¨Mother to Son¨ by Langston Hughes depicts a mother talking to her son about how life treated her and how he should treat it in return. In the first stanza of the poem‚ it says ¨Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it. And splinters‚ And boards torn up...¨ This can be seen as the mother’s life has not been sunshine and lollipops‚ but it was filled with pain and heartbreak. With these emotions coming in throughout the good and the bad times‚ sometimes it may want you
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called “X Marks the Spot.” This fable is about an old man who is dying‚ and has three lazy sons. The father owns a large land‚ that was a vineyard. As the old man was on his deathbed he told his sons that he has buried a treasure in the vineyard. The three lazy sons were shot with energy and happiness‚ that they started to dig and try to find the treasure through out the entire vineyard. As the three sons fully dug the vineyard‚ they couldn’t find the treasure. After a couple of days the vineyard
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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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"My Son the Fanatic" is a short story by Hanif Kureishi about a teenage boy‚ Ali and his father‚ Parvez who are immigrants of Pakistan now living in England. The underlying theme is the struggle they face in a new society. There is a sharp contrast in the way Parvez and his son Ali deal with the sense of belonging and being a part of society. With all the compromises and losses Parvez suffers in his migration; he appears to take them as a part of his experience and adventure of life; to him it seems
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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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30 September 2013 Is “Low Art”‚ Art? Society today has been slacking in a sense of art. “Low art” has become more popular than ever leaving any intelligent mind stimulation. Artistic merit is highly revered and encouraged lately for this reason. “Big Red Son” by David Foster Wallace shows a high sense of serious art and moreover artistic merit. One with such an intelligent background and upbringing‚ it would be shocking for him not to achieve such artsitic merit. This merit is achieved through structure
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“Letter to Son” to seek that it is easy to destroy black bodies through abuse and violence ‚ claiming America’s racist history created a government system that oppresses and murders the black community.To support his claim Coates talks about the police brutality in today’s society and laws that have been placed ‚ but not enforced.In “Letter to son” by Ta-Nehisi Coates utilizes Pathos and Metaphors to reveal It is easy to destroy black bodies through abuse and violence In “Letter to son” ‚ Coates
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Just finished two really interesting books. If you get the chance you should read. - heroes for my son- Brad Meltzer also -heroes for my daughter- Brad Meltzer. These two books are very touching‚ they describe some of people in history that young people should look up to and what they are known for. I have to say I think that my favorite is probably between two woman. One of which is Harriet Tubman‚ this was a dark skinned woman what she did happened during the Underground Railroad. She had escaped
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Father and Son Relationships One can arguably say that a good father should have qualities such as being affectionate‚ a role model‚ and empathetic in order to successfully raise a son. Khaled Hosseini suggests in the novel The Kite Runner that although Baba occasionally displayed some of these qualities‚ the overall lack of an empathetic father figure can result in challenges throughout one’s life. This is shown through Amir‚ the main character‚ who feels neglected by his father‚ Baba‚ which
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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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