in life though we need to appreciate each other and world we live on. Life is not a walk in the park‚ it’s never easy;you’re always trying to get better. In Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son’ the speaker is talking about hard life is. In her journey she says “ Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (Mother to son‚ Langston Hughes line 2). Within this quote she explains that life is not easy and never will be easy even when you’re happy. Furthermore‚ she continues to‚ “So‚ boy‚
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under the pain or persevere under the decades of mistreatment as written in his resilient toned poem‚ Mother to Son. The effectiveness of the poem is emphasized on the unresolved conflict of the long-postponed and frustrated dream of African Americans. This can be seen as‚ “five of the six answers to the opening questions are interrogative rather than declarative sentences.” As the whole poem is rhetorically structured‚ it questions the “white race” for their treatment of the African American but
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Poem and Song #1: Never Give Up “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is a well-known piece written during the Harlem Renaissance. In this poem‚ Hughes uses a mother-figure as a narrator. She is speaking to her son and telling him about her life. She has had a rough life but has persevered to this point and plans on continuing that. She tells her son to never give up and to keep going even when it’s hard. The overall tone of this poem is one of hope and perseverance. When Hughes’ narrator says
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end triumph of high achievements ‚ and who at the worst‚ if he fails while daring greatly‚ so that his place shall never be with 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
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In the summer of 2012‚ my mother and I decided to go up north to Medford‚ Wisconsin. This weekend it was a special day! The Fourth of July! All I was worried about was fireworks. I love fire my parents always called me a pyro as a little kid. Son we packed up all our stuff for the weekend and headed out for the long car ride ahead of us. The first thing I saw when we pulled up was a huge landscape filled with trees and small‚ leafy brush everywhere! In the middle of it was a gigantic pond‚ I guess
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Son Gone Home Kayla Van Vliet By. Langston Hughes April 7‚ 2013 Pg. 792 Question 4 (pg. 77) In the story Son Gone Home by Langston Hughes‚ a mother and son who are having some conflicts in their life. The son had passed and away‚ and the mother is in morning of her dead son. She speaks to her son‚ asking him to come back‚ to talk to her. The son reappears in a spiritually way and talks to his mother. Telling her how she has been a terrible mother to him. He tells her that that
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poem” Mother to son”‚ the mom values her son’s future in life. In both the stories‚ Abuela invents the zero and Mother to son” the author have the main characters experience important life values they will never forget. In the story “abuela invents the zero”‚ constancia values herself and her free time way more than her family and culture. In the story‚ she ends up making her grandmother feel like a zero‚ a nothing. This is what later changes Constancias values. In the short poem” mother to son”
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Balboa). In the quote from Ben Carson and the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ a universal theme is shown--life is not easy and no matter what. there will always be adversity or obstacles that need to be overcome. In order to be strong and tough‚ facing the problem is mandatory. To be successful‚ overcoming adversity is mandatory no matter how hard it gets. To begin‚ the poem‚ "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ a mother is writing to her son about how life will get hard. She describes life
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obstacles‚ we must be determined and strong-willed. The speaker in “Mother to Son” has responded to a lifetime of challenges and hardships with determination and strength. I have personally not faced challenges of this extent‚ but I know that Adolf Hitler faced similar challenges uniting the German people to save them from their severe debt with unwavering determination. In the poem‚ “Mother to Son” the speaker‚ is telling her son‚ how hard her live has been. The speaker compares her live to a staircase
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lack determination to accomplish anything. These terrible character traits displayed by our youth could result in our great nation’s demise.In these two poems‚ “Speech to the Young Speech to the Progress Toward” by Gwendolyn Brooks and and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes address the importance of determination in our lives. Here are some examples of how each poem shows the importance of determination in their own unique way.
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