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After reading "Mother to Son," think about what could have occurred in the mother’s life to make her write this poem to her son. Write a 2-3 paragraph
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This poem Mother to Son is a Mother's advices to her son. Here, the Mother tells her son to never give up. The first line 'Life for me ain't been no crystal stair' , here 'crystal stair' represents a smooth life. But the speaker (the mother) says that her life wasn't such a smooth ride. Her life had 'tacks and splinters' and there were spots no longer covered by carpet. But I’ve been climbing anyway the whole time. But even then she had never given up hope and kept on climbing. She always looked out for hope even in the darkest of times. She says, "I’ve reached landings, and I’ve turned corners." She kept climbing up even when it was dark and there were no lights to guide her. So she tells her son to not turn back.
Here, the poem brings about the hardships faced by black people. The speaker gives her son advice about how to improve his lot in a racist society through an extended metaphor about climbing a set of stairs. While white people can climb up a “crystal stair”—meaning they enjoy a smooth and easy ascent—black people are forced to take a dangerous and dark staircase. In this way the speaker argues that racism makes it much more difficult for black people to succeed in society, yet she also suggests that they can overcome many obstacles through perseverance and mutual support.
The speaker is realistic and straightforward about these difficulties; she doesn’t sugar-coat anything. She doesn’t suggest that racism will end—she never imagines, in this conversation with her son, at least, a world without the obstacles and dangers that she has endured. But she is also persistent, even triumphant. Despite everything, she announces, “I’se been a-climbin’ on.” In other words, the speaker believes that she and her son can still lead successful lives, despite the obstacles in their way. And she offers the poem to her son as encouragement: she wants to him follow her example, to be as persistent and determined as she’s been.
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