The poem “Mother to Son” addresses the theme of overcoming racial discrimination. The speaker of the poem is a mother lecturing her son. By referring to her life as not being a “crystal staircase” would suggest a lifestyle that is simple‚ beautiful‚ and luxurious (). The life she speaks of is only for people with privilege‚ specifically white people. The speaker reflects on her life‚ stating how it has never been easy for her. The description of her life evokes sympathy. The speaker describes her
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Historical Perspective The two poems that I chose to write about are “The Negro Mother” and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. Both of these poems are about a mother speaking to her children and speaking of the hard times that she has been through in the past. If we read these poems it’s very much telling us about history and the things that black people had to endure back in the days. Many people can view it as her speaking to her children or to her son directly but I see it as her speaking to the black
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Literacy Benchmark Assessment: Mini-Lesson on Still I Rise by Maya Angelou Jennifer Bell Grand Canyon University: EED-525 December 3‚ 2014 Still I Rise Reading Mini Lessons The seventh grade students at Tapestry Charter School will begin their poetry unit with “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou. This lyric poem‚ while optimistic‚ deals with important themes such as slavery‚ racism‚ and overcoming trauma. The students will dissect the poem‚ first looking at vocabulary and figurative language‚ later
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have bargained for whatever was exchanged and struck a deal. In the case of Kim v. Son‚ there is no consideration. There was no bargain exchanged between the two parties. Son felt guilty over Kim’s losses and thus offered a gratuitous gesture to repay Kim. This gesture is not enforceable in court. Since Son and Kim did not bargain for it‚ there is no contract‚ and Son does not owe Kim any money. It was only after Son wrote on a napkin in his own blood to repay Kim back “to the best of his ability”
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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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An Explication of Langston Hughes ’ "Mother to Son" Langston Hughes once stated in his own words that his whole purpose for writing was‚ "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." In the poem "Mother to Son"‚ he denotes his belief on racism in America. In "Mother to Son"‚ a mother is giving advice to her son about life from her perspective and experiences. She wants her son to keep striving on what he believes and to have a more prosperous life than what she had. Langston Hughes
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author of poems‚ Mother to Son and Let America be America again captures the Harlem Renaissance period‚ which was a social and artistic revival of the African American community. His poems explore the themes of stereotyping and taking action. John Lee Hancock also reinforces these themes through his moving film The Blind Side. The social contexts in which these texts were made help the public dive into and have an understanding of these events. The film
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people better than Langston Hughes. His use of imagery‚ repetition and wordplay seizes the mundane and transforms it into elegance and dignity. The most masterful example of Hughes’ craft is found in his poem Mother to Son. It is a simple concept: a mother’s honest lesson of persistence to her son. There is no specific struggle
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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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My poem will imitate “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. The context of my re-written poem is gender inequality‚ whereas Hughes is racial inequality. My Poem explores the hardships women have to face and how they still stay determined. This has led me to my thematic statement of “despite the challenges in life‚ females need to stay determined and fight for equality in order to achieve their goals”. I have a personal connection to this poem because as a female I have to overcome many challenges and
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