“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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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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Son of mine Rhyming scheme AAA.. Implies that the Aboriginal son has been hurt by racists acts against him and is looking for answers as to why he is being discriminated against because of his race. 12 lines Colour line is the prevention of black people participating in various activities with whites. This relates to social justice because blacks are segregated and excluded from ordinary activities My son‚ your troubled eyes search mine‚ Puzzled and hurt by colour line. “What can I
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The understanding of critical approaches to literature helps a great deal while handling the novel. If we choose to take up D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers‚ psychological approach throws light upon certain issues which otherwise would remain unexplored. Along with this engagement with literature‚ film viewing and discussion sessions are also handled. Either we move to a film after finishing a particular section of literature or engage extra hours on Saturdays for watching films ( six/seven sessions
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is essential to understand what one must do to repent their sins. In the story of “Prodigal Son‚” it is shown that the younger son demands his share of the estate even before
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life that she is now. Not every step along the way was an safe one‚ but despite this she perseveres. After describing the staircase of the mother‚ Hughes has the speaker address the son by saying that he should not sit down or fall down just because his staircase is hard to climb. In the mother’s eyes‚ the son should never
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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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help from Gleaners Food Bank the families that are in need can come and shop in the pantry for whatever food or household products that they are in need for. Families go to Gleaners for all different reasons. Having money issues of being less fortunate than other families isn’t always the case. The workers and volunteers come across and experienced many different people and situations that have been very eye opening to every single one of them. They noticed that there would often be nice looking
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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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pawns of a white society. The late writer‚ Richard Wright shed light on this plight within America. Richard Wright was born in Roxie‚ Mississippi in 1908. This was an era that African Americans were treated as second class citizens. The novel Native Son by Richard Wright is about discovering strength through family pressures‚ self values and social norms. This
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