in class, we read the poem mother to son, we were to read it 3 times, and annotate it. we were also supposed to rate our understanding. this poem by Langston Hughes appears to be about a mother talking to her son about the hardships of life. she gives many examples of how life is hard. one thing was that, she talkes about some stairs. and how carpeting is a luxury for them not a neccesity. and that it's so rough and splintery. i think that times were hard for a certain gruop of people and he was trying to give examples of the hardships of life. another thing that i was thinking about when i read the poem for the third time was that, it also shows the innocence that children contain. they are to young an inexperienced to understand what life is really about. how hard life can really be. it can be VERY SPLINTERY.
although life can be very hard and splintery you also reach new landings and turn corner also change the color of the text i had to highlight it to read it
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