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Hola bloggers, We have just read and listened to the poem, "Mother to son" by Langston Hughes and we think the speaker of the poem is a mother who grew up during a time of living hell as a slave. We can infer that she went through hard times when it says, "life for me ain't been no crystal stair, it had tacks in it and splinters" but we also can infer that she overcame those situations and she wants her son to do the same and learn from her experiences when it says, "so boy don't turn your back, don't you set down on the steps, cause you find it's kinda hard, and don't fall now for I still goin' honey, I's still climbin' and life for me ain't been no crystal stair." Sincerely, Court and Vicky! :)
I just heard the reading of the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. I believe the speaker in this poem is an African-American woman in the south during times of slavery speaking to her son. She is using the metaphor of her life being a staircase. All of the tacks, splinters, torn up boards, and carpet-less surfaces are all of the hardships she has had to endure because of her race. Her life hasn't been clear and smooth. She's been harassed and judged by ignorant people. But shes telling her son not to sit down when life gets too rough for him, when the harassment seems to be hitting him too hard. Because she's still going, and she hasn't given up yet. "But Ise still a-climbin on"
I just got done reading the poem, "Mother to Son" by, Langston Hughes. After reading I believe that the Metaphor that Langston Hughes uses is the comparison of life to a staircase as the speaker says, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."I believe that the meaning of this metaphor is that life is an uphill climb like a staircase. With its few landings and corners and splinters. I believe that life for the speaker has been a very rough one, that is why she mentions the dark, splinters, tacks, and boards torn up.I believe that this has poem also has a connection to all of the hardships that African Americans have been put through over the years, including slavery. I believe that by using the staircase metaphor the Mother is saying that it is getting better you just have to just keep climbing up the stairs. I hope that I got the point better this time.
I think that the speaker of the poem is a black women, who has had experiences and hardships within her life concerning slavery or discrimination, talking to her son about how there will be hardships within his life too. She talks about how life hasn't been a crystal stair for her, meaning that it hasn't been smooth or easy, like living through the Civil Rights Movement. I’d imagine it wouldn’t. She must have experienced awful things that happened to her due to her ethnicity. During the Civil Rights Movement, many innocent African Americans were beaten, killed, and tortures. They must have been constantly afraid of going outside. She describes this by saying that "tacks, torn up boards, and places with no carpet" were on the "stairs." These could stand for burnings, killings, and beatings that she’s witnessed. But her message to her son is to keep truckin' on. Don't let these things, discrimination or some other cause, slow you down or discourage you, just keep going.
Having reanalyzed the poem, "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, I have to say that the metaphor the stair represents is life. The mother is telling her son that she had to endure the hardships of slavery, and/or the civil rights movement. I can only imagine the horrors of the things she had to go through, such as whippings, beatings, or even just watching her friends and family get beaten and whipped. Knowing that no matter what the Whites did, her people would never get justice, because they all thought it was okay. Even now, she's still enduring it, "I'se still goin', honey," and she's telling him that no matter what, he shouldn't stop going. Her life wasn't perfect, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." and his life probably won't be perfect either, but no matter what, he has to keep going, "Don't you set down on the steps 'cause you find it's kinder hard." I believe this is a message that all should follow: Keep living life, and don't let anything slow you down.
In Langston Hughes poem "Mother to Son" I believe the speaker is a mother or parent, but most likely a mother. I believe she is speaking to a child most likely a son since the title and a "he" is used to describe the child. think the message is to never give up and that even when all these bad things happen and when you fell things are hopeless to never give up . This is said well in the line "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. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on," Mrs. Leighton wanted us to also look into the the African American history behind much of Langston Hughes work and we saw that it suggests this is a black mother who may have once been a slave or have lived during the Civil Rights movement which once we watched the videos O guess I could kind of see.
I just read Mother to Son by Langston Hughes, and will be determining the metaphor he used. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." I think that's used to symbolize that the mother hasn't had her life always be easy. Also saying, to her son, she shouldn't expect any different, and prepare for things, nasty things, life has to offer. Another thing to consider is that this is in the Civil Right Movement. Life for a black woman and family was hard and heart-breaking. The mother is trying to warn her son about the future, that it won't be too easy, but you have to keep on walking.
"The speaker in the poem is the mother. She is telling the boy that life isn't always easy or glamorous, but you can never stop moving because that would accomplish nothing, and you would get no where. That you should keep on moving, even when you can't see where you are going, you gotta keep on going. For example when she said "And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light." she is talking about not giving up and keep on moving with her life. Not quitting"
So I re-analyzed the poem mother to son. And in a way I was right in my first response. But I realized that the poem is talking about the Civil Rights Movement. What all the African-Americans had to go through. They lived in fear of being beaten...just because of the color of their skin. The mother is telling her son that, by the metaphor of stairs, that she has lived through tough times (slavery, Civil Rights Movement) and that she has kept going right on up. And that she is still climbing. She is saying that there are/will be hardships, but that shouldn't stop you. Because there is always something better to create hope, something better in the future. So don't stop climbin', don't ever stop climbin'
Hola Bloggers, I just got done reading the poem called "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. After learning the history of this poem I know this speaker is not just a mother but a women that has been through the horrid slavery. So her life hasn't been to great as wen can tell by her metaphor life ain't been no crystal stair, it's had tacks, splinters, and boards torn up. The thing is that she never gives up even after what she has been through what the white people has done to her. So she wants to tell her son that you never give up you always keep moving forward no matter what happens.
I had just read the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. When I was reading this poem I felt bad for her, from all the things she has been through. The metaphor that I found is "Ain't been no crystal star". So I take that as she has had a bad life, but she has never given up on anything, and she doesn't look back she keeps on moving forward.
Hola bloggers,
ReplyDeleteWe have just read and listened to the poem, "Mother to son" by Langston Hughes and we think the speaker of the poem is a mother who grew up during a time of living hell as a slave. We can infer that she went through hard times when it says, "life for me ain't been no crystal stair, it had tacks in it and splinters" but we also can infer that she overcame those situations and she wants her son to do the same and learn from her experiences when it says, "so boy don't turn your back, don't you set down on the steps, cause you find it's kinda hard, and don't fall now for I still goin' honey, I's still climbin' and life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
Sincerely,
Court and Vicky! :)
Dear Bloggers:
ReplyDeleteI just heard the reading of the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. I believe the speaker in this poem is an African-American woman in the south during times of slavery speaking to her son. She is using the metaphor of her life being a staircase. All of the tacks, splinters, torn up boards, and carpet-less surfaces are all of the hardships she has had to endure because of her race. Her life hasn't been clear and smooth. She's been harassed and judged by ignorant people. But shes telling her son not to sit down when life gets too rough for him, when the harassment seems to be hitting him too hard. Because she's still going, and she hasn't given up yet. "But Ise still a-climbin on"
Dear Bloggers,
ReplyDeleteI just got done reading the poem, "Mother to Son" by, Langston Hughes. After reading I believe that the Metaphor that Langston Hughes uses is the comparison of life to a staircase as the speaker says, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."I believe that the meaning of this metaphor is that life is an uphill climb like a staircase. With its few landings and corners and splinters. I believe that life for the speaker has been a very rough one, that is why she mentions the dark, splinters, tacks, and boards torn up.I believe that this has poem also has a connection to all of the hardships that African Americans have been put through over the years, including slavery. I believe that by using the staircase metaphor the Mother is saying that it is getting better you just have to just keep climbing up the stairs.
I hope that I got the point better this time.
Sincerely,
Jared B.
Dear my fellow bloggers,
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I think that the speaker of the poem is a black women, who has had experiences and hardships within her life concerning slavery or discrimination, talking to her son about how there will be hardships within his life too. She talks about how life hasn't been a crystal stair for her, meaning that it hasn't been smooth or easy, like living through the Civil Rights Movement. I’d imagine it wouldn’t. She must have experienced awful things that happened to her due to her ethnicity. During the Civil Rights Movement, many innocent African Americans were beaten, killed, and tortures. They must have been constantly afraid of going outside. She describes this by saying that "tacks, torn up boards, and places with no carpet" were on the "stairs." These could stand for burnings, killings, and beatings that she’s witnessed. But her message to her son is to keep truckin' on. Don't let these things, discrimination or some other cause, slow you down or discourage you, just keep going.
Sincerely,
Justin
Dear Readers,
ReplyDeleteHaving reanalyzed the poem, "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, I have to say that the metaphor the stair represents is life. The mother is telling her son that she had to endure the hardships of slavery, and/or the civil rights movement. I can only imagine the horrors of the things she had to go through, such as whippings, beatings, or even just watching her friends and family get beaten and whipped. Knowing that no matter what the Whites did, her people would never get justice, because they all thought it was okay. Even now, she's still enduring it, "I'se still goin', honey," and she's telling him that no matter what, he shouldn't stop going. Her life wasn't perfect, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." and his life probably won't be perfect either, but no matter what, he has to keep going, "Don't you set down on the steps 'cause you find it's kinder hard." I believe this is a message that all should follow: Keep living life, and don't let anything slow you down.
- Gordon
In Langston Hughes poem "Mother to Son" I believe the speaker is a mother or parent, but most likely a mother. I believe she is speaking to a child most likely a son since the title and a "he" is used to describe the child. think the message is to never give up and that even when all these bad things happen and when you fell things are hopeless to never give up . This is said well in the line "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. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on," Mrs. Leighton wanted us to also look into the the African American history behind much of Langston Hughes work and we saw that it suggests this is a black mother who may have once been a slave or have lived during the Civil Rights movement which once we watched the videos O guess I could kind of see.
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ReplyDeleteI just read Mother to Son by Langston Hughes, and will be determining the metaphor he used. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." I think that's used to symbolize that the mother hasn't had her life always be easy. Also saying, to her son, she shouldn't expect any different, and prepare for things, nasty things, life has to offer. Another thing to consider is that this is in the Civil Right Movement. Life for a black woman and family was hard and heart-breaking. The mother is trying to warn her son about the future, that it won't be too easy, but you have to keep on walking.
"The speaker in the poem is the mother. She is telling the boy that life isn't always easy or glamorous, but you can never stop moving because that would accomplish nothing, and you would get no where. That you should keep on moving, even when you can't see where you are going, you gotta keep on going. For example when she said "And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light." she is talking about not giving up and keep on moving with her life. Not quitting"
ReplyDeleteSo I re-analyzed the poem mother to son. And in a way I was right in my first response. But I realized that the poem is talking about the Civil Rights Movement. What all the African-Americans had to go through. They lived in fear of being beaten...just because of the color of their skin. The mother is telling her son that, by the metaphor of stairs, that she has lived through tough times (slavery, Civil Rights Movement) and that she has kept going right on up. And that she is still climbing. She is saying that there are/will be hardships, but that shouldn't stop you. Because there is always something better to create hope, something better in the future. So don't stop climbin', don't ever stop climbin'
-Rady
Hola Bloggers,
ReplyDeleteI just got done reading the poem called "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. After learning the history of this poem I know this speaker is not just a mother but a women that has been through the horrid slavery. So her life hasn't been to great as wen can tell by her metaphor life ain't been no crystal stair, it's had tacks, splinters, and boards torn up. The thing is that she never gives up even after what she has been through what the white people has done to her. So she wants to tell her son that you never give up you always keep moving forward no matter what happens.
I had just read the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. When I was reading this poem I felt bad for her, from all the things she has been through. The metaphor that I found is "Ain't been no crystal star". So I take that as she has had a bad life, but she has never given up on anything, and she doesn't look back she keeps on moving forward.
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