Mother To Son by Amy Santana https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d Amy, Hanas, Josh, Jose en-us 2018-10-30 17:21:36 UTC 2023-02-21 04:03:13 UTC hello@padlet.com The title is talking about a mother talking to her son. joshua_benge https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298646711 2018-10-30 17:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298646711 Diction amy_santana https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298648619 Hughes uses diction on line 7, which reads "bare." The usage of the word signifies to the reader the lack of opportunity, kindness, and help he got in life. ]]> 2018-10-30 17:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298648619 jose_vasquezmartin https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298648834 The poem is about life and how not everything in life is easy and even if it's hard you have to keep on moving on.]]> 2018-10-30 17:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298648834 The Mother is talking how life is not a straight forward as it seems,There are some troubles with in the trail(life). joshua_benge https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298649508 2018-10-30 17:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298649508 theme, is that even if your path isn't the best and things look hard you can still go through it, and make it out just fine hanas_warren https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298651437 2018-10-30 17:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298651437 Symbolism amy_santana https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298653397 The author uses stairs to represent life and the various hardships when he describes them to have "tacks in it,/ And splinters."]]> 2018-10-30 17:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298653397 motivational hanas_warren https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298655596 2018-10-30 17:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298655596 jose_vasquezmartin https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298655708 The shift occurs after the mother talks about life not being easy.After the 7th stanza she talks about moving on and not giving up.]]> 2018-10-30 17:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298655708 Point of View amy_santana https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298660062 The point of view is in the first person perspective of a mother. This is important as the author is a man, which influences how the mother talks to her son throughout the poem. It also comes from the point of view of an African American man in the 1930's. ]]> 2018-10-30 17:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/amy_santana/dohuzf7an47d/wish/298660062