Turnin Me On

         challenges in the way . The first stylistic technique  the author uses effectively is diction .     My first example of stylistic technique creates meaning is diction . In the texts she uses diction like ¨I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners,¨ the way she uses the apostrophe at the end of the words and puts the dash to attach a to climbing shows a country like accent . The fact that she does not use proper english may mean

piece of work; it is a life lesson for all of us to learn about. I believe that this poem is important because this mother lays life out for her son instead of making him believe that life is a ray of sunshine. It pretty much starts out with “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” in line two. The “crystal stair” is the way people look at you. During this time period, it was not uncommon that people looked you up and down for the way you dressed, or your common lifestyle. It is sad to say that still

the author of the poem, uses the analogy of life to stairs, the fact that life constantly has new battles, and the idea of never giving up to emphasize this theme. In the poem, the mother compares life to a set of rickety stairs. 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 on the floor— Bare.” She is using the splinters and tacks as a way to symbolize the hardships that she has been through.

In the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, Hughes uses certain words that help to give the poem a sad tone. For example, in the first seven lines of the poem, Hughes uses sad words to describe the mother’s life: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had boards torn up, And splinters, And places with no carpet on the floor - Bare. (2-7). Hughes used words like “bare” and “splinters”, because he wanted to create a sad and rough tone. Those words are associated with bad things

helped me realize how lucky I am and to strive to make them and myself proud of my choices in life. While the setting for this poem is not revealed in the words, the reader can picture the mother and son in the tiny kitchen, him eating at the small table while his mom is cleaning the kitchen after making his snack. The small apartment shared by many in their family in Harlem, New York. The place is as clean as she can make it, but not shiny and new. I can relate here as my mom sat with me in the

searches for peace and reason in this world with the terrible things that it has to offer. Bruno Mars, “Count On Me” is the best song that represents Holden showing the support and reliance of others. In the book, Holden is walking on the sidewalk when he sees a family with a little kid singing a song. The song is called “Comin Thro the Rye” and it resembles the lyrics from Bruno Mars, “Count on Me”, In the song it says “If you ever find yourself lost in the

the hallway, these nasty tears running down my face, all I can think about is Johnny. The only thing I loved, dead. He can’t be dead… No, Johnny is alive. He’s in the lot smokin’ a weed. What am I thinkin’? I watched him die… right there in front of me with my own eyes. I watched the pillow sink as he finished off his last words. I screamed as I busted through the front doors of the hospital. I collapsed on the ground, ignoring all the stares I got. “Jesus, Johnny… why did you have to go into that

to the task of coming up with our own definition of self-awareness, and I had completely drawn a blank, and could not seem to come up with anything. After class, that assignment really intrigued me, and I wanted to think what self-awareness meant to me. Some time had passed but it finally came to me; to me, self awareness is when someone knows their worth as a person, as well as knowing where they stand in society. It is when they realize who they are, how they got to be where they are, where they

by a person’s having climbed him/herself to success or some other goal. It seems the mother may not have reached much success because of her social setting. She has always persevered nevertheless. I’se been a-climbin’ on/ And reachin’ landin’s/ And turnin’ corners/ And sometimes goin’ in the dark/ Where there aint been no light (lines 9-13). Since she has been persistent in “climbin’ on” she urges

The poem “Mother to Son” is a short poem by Langston Hughes. In the poem the mom is talking to her son about how hard life is and how he can’t give up. She explained that her journey has been hard as well and is still hard, but she is still going on, so therefore he can to. Langston Hughes effectively uses the stylistic voice and the stylistic word choice in “Mother to Son” to illustrate/convey/reveal to the son how hard life is, but how he must never give up. The mother is speaking to her son