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    The Day Of The Coffee

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    young people come here but me. It 's either the shop 's unappealing aspect or the coffee isn 't really good, is to blame for the lack of attracting young customers. I admit the coffee isn 't of the highest quality in the java world but it 's cheap. My taste buds have gotten used to the taste, though. Tapping my fingers along the brown

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    in a decent size house no kids just me and you also our dog biscuit. We are laying on the couch cuddling being sweet then I get up to get something to drink and you being you smack my butt and I cry out in pain and continued my walk as I’m fixing my drink the dog comes up and starts humping my leg right when you started walking in and then you say “But you want let me do that” and I said, “catch me and you can hit it all night”. I ran and you started to chase me all through of house when I reached

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    Mother To Son

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    J.K. Rowling, the author of “Harry Potter” , an amazing writer, but before the book “Harry potter” come out, she is so poor, that she can’t own a computer, but she never gave up, because she never gave up, she became very successful and famous. The story of J.k. Rowling is very similar to the theme of the poem “Mother to Son” the poem is mostly talking about a mother suggest her son that never gave up no matter what problem you need to face, and keep on trying, Also the theme of the poem is

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    The poem Mother to son by Langston Hughes is a very deep and complex poem. Literally Mother to son is about climbing up steps that aren't made of crystal. However the figurative meaning is much different. The figurative meaning is that you should be humble, not take your luxuries for granted. Everyone has hardships in their lives, you are not the only one who has to work hard. Everyone has to climbs the stairs of life. The message is strengthened by the poem’s empathetic and humble mood. This mood

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    piece is set up as a mother’s advice to her son. Presumably, this poem represents the advice that Langston Hughes may have received from his own mother. The imagery of a staircase opens up the work, which begins, “Well, son, I’ll tell you: / Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” (Hughes 1-2). Line two, in particular, immediately conjures several associations in the mind of the reader. First, many audiences will be familiar with the concept of a “stairway to heaven,” as such a proverbial structure

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    Freedom Riders Vs War

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    Life is very hard, but still have to go through it, Ex, “TEST” (if you practice or study it, then when it time come for the test day, you must do well on your test). So, these people won’t stop, they still do what they suppose to do, because they don’t want to give up on their life. And these people are go through differents, it’s not the same but it’s hard for all of them.and some might go through war or about family problem or back then women don’t have right to do what they want to do, like those

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    Imagine what life would be like as a rose grown from a crack in concrete.Think about how people would ignore you when you grew from that piece of concrete.Or think about how you would say to your offspring about life in the metaphor of some broken stairs.The poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” is about how Tupac is in the form of a Rose and how he explains how this rose grew from concrete and was able to walk and breath air.I do believe that when he said no one cared for the rose that grows from

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    meaning of the poem through the use of repetition and smaller metaphors. In the beginning of the text, the author wrote about tacks, splinters, torn up boards, and places with no carpet that are just “bare”. Through the use of repetition of “Life for me ain’t no crystal stair”, the reader knows how difficult and challenging the mother’s life had been. This reveals that the mother’s experiences were so depressing and

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    In the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, the most meaningful phrase is "life for me ain't been no crystal stair" because it explains the narrator's identity and conflicts. In the poem “Mother to Son,” it describes her hardships in life. She begins by discussing what she had to endure. Lastly, she explains how she pushed through her hardships. Throughout the poem, the mother explains to her son the conflicts she has endured. The mother uses a metaphor to explain. She starts off by stating

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    page 99 it says, “I feels the same way you do, ‘bout them low-down Wallaces, but it ain’t easy to jus’ stop shoppin’ there. They overcharges me and I has to pay them high interest, but you know I have credits there ‘cause Mr. Montier signs for me.” A challenge they faced from “ Mother to Son” is they faced many challenges. In 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, And places with no carpet, Bare.” When the mother says that

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