https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo en-us 2017-12-07 15:50:18 UTC 2026-02-25 21:08:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 539gardnern https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/214177039 By: Langston Hughes 
Well, son I'll tell you: 
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 
And reachin' landin's, and turnin' corners, 
And sometime goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don't you turn back
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinda hard.
Don't you fall now-
For I'se goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. ]]> 2017-12-07 15:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/214177039 539gardnern https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215252623 2017-12-11 23:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215252623 539gardnern https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253045 Te point of view is in 1st person in the mother's point of view. The mother is using symbolism by using many examples such as the quote," Life for me ain't been no crystal stair". This shows that she has not had the best of life and life is not easy on her, but she's lived through it. In this story there is the sense of sight, for example in this quote. "And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light."]]> 2017-12-11 23:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253045 539gardnern https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253214 In the story the speakers attitude is that their being helpful. The story is in the mother's point of view and she is talking to her son in a persuasive and helpful attitude, trying to cheer him up about the hardships of life and how to survive through life. ]]> 2017-12-11 23:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253214 539gardnern https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253917 Well, son, I'll tell you:
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..." This shows the shift because she was explaining how hard her life was and was explaining life was not easy, and the she shifted in the last sentence.]]> 2017-12-12 00:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253917 539gardnern https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253960 In this story the message the author is providing is that you should not give up even if life does get hard. He uses phrases like this," Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal chair... But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light.]]> 2017-12-12 00:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/539gardnern/myj11ddqvrbo/wish/215253960