Turnin Me On

courage and stop climbing. She also does not want him to “fall” which may mean tumbling down the steps and unable to go back. In the end of the poem, she expresses her own strength and she says “I’se still goin’, honey, I’se still climbing, And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair”. She encourages her son that never give up even life is hard. The poetic involved in the poem is the comparison of life being a staircase. The central image of the poem is the “crystal stair”. The stairway may be seen

“Mother To Son” by Langston Hughes Commentary Langston Hughes was writing poetry during the period of the Harlem Renaissance. This literary era between the 1920s to mid-1930s was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that created a breakthrough for black identity. This greatly affected Hughes work where he would write about life as an African American. In this poem, “Mother To Son”, he writes about a mother and son relationship. The mother is giving crucial advice about life influenced

over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed”. This quote by Michael Jordan who never gave up in life. Mother to Son was similar to Michael Jordan because he always fail in life but then he never gave up in life and mother to son ‘life for me hasn’t been no crystal stair”. The author is Langston Hughes. Life was hard for them but they kept going they didn’t stop working hard. She was telling her son don’t turn your back and keep reaching for your goal. My theme is when things get hard don’t

Childhood and adolescence are viewed as times for growth and exploration. It is when young people learn to make decisions and overcome metaphorical roadblocks. Rarely, however, are these young people alone. Many children and teenagers have parents or parental figures they can turn to for advice. These older, wiser individuals serve as a source of mentorship to the youth who look up to them. In the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes and the short story “How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary

Subject:� Language Arts �����������������������������������������������Grade:� Six   Standard:� #3:� Literary Response and Analysis   Key Concept:� Students respond to tone and meaning that are conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, line length, punctuation, rhythm, alliteration, and rhyme.   Generalization:� Students respond to poetic language in "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes.   Background:� Students have been working on a poetry unit and have been studying how the

compare the mother’s life to a crystalized, yet jagged staircase. Hughes’ poem incorporates multiple different metaphors to ensure that the reader understands the overall message of the poem. In Langston Hughes, “Mother to Son” he writes, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair”(2). The author used the extended metaphor of a crystal staircase to represent the struggles in life and that life is full of hardships. A crystal staircase would represent a rich and flawless life whereas the character in

¨Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge” (Plato). Some people believe people do things only for personal rewards. Although, the reason people help others is they want to. The most important factor in why people choose to do something is the desire to help others. People choose to do something nice when they yearn to do it and people choose to be selfish when they have the wish to only care about themselves and not others. In “Little Women”, by Louisa May Alcott

of the word “You” allows the reader to feel as if they are a part of this heart to heart talk between a mother and her son. Shifting from setting the scene, Hughes continues the first seven lines with a metaphor and end them with imagery. “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” is comparing the journey the life that the mother has endured to an uphill journey, however, it is not until the third through seventh line that vivid imagery is provided to signify how her life has been everything but smooth

Starting off, growing up in the article Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan means when you grow up, you have to be strong about yourself. For example, in paragraph 7 it declares, “After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.” She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige tweed. “But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.” This shows Amy’s mom gave Amy advice about being proud

by the view of an uneducated black woman. This woman is having a conversation with her son to explain the trouble and hardships she has come across by being an African American woman but yet choosing to continue on; “I’se still climbin’, And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”