Just like her son, they had mothers who were waiting for their return and worried for their safety. Now, they would know what it felt like to lose a child. This story allowed us to see how a tragedy such as death can affect a person. Even though we may all experience death, how it affects each of us it different. Some may go crazy and try to
The poem ends with the mother reminding her son that life will not be a perfect and balanced process. The theme of “Mother to Son” is the determination to live life without giving up even though one will face many bumps in the road. The mother compares her own life to a rugged staircase, which has many “tacks” and “splinters” in them. These represent the hardships she has faced in life. However, she tells her son how she is firm on continuing to “climb” those stairs and set all the pain and sufferings she faces aside.
The poem illustrates a woman who was once so full of potential, evident in “Someone she loved once passes by – too late”, implying she has changed over time and the fact that it is now too late to revert back to her former self or to get back what she once had. The poem shows a woman whose identity has been lost due to her three children. Consequently she is lonely and she has lost interest in herself. The figurative expression “They have eaten me alive” shows only a truth she knows and a truth she is unable to share suggesting that her life and identity have been destroyed by her selfless giving to her children. She believes they are using her for their own survival and in doing so, she is slowly dying inside.
As a mother and a wife she should not have to receive feedback from her family based on her duties. Her family shows her a lack of appreciation by continuously grading her for doing things for them. They treat her as if she is a student in school rather than a mom and wife to the point where she is starting to actually believe that she is a student. In Pastan’s poem “Marks”, the speaker says, “My son says I am average, / an average mother, but if/ I put my mind to it/ I could improve” (5-8). The tone of that line “but if/ I put my mind to it/ I could improve” implies that she believes that she could improve if she tries harder which shows that she cares whether or not her family is satisfied with her.
A Mothers Message To Her Son Langston Hughes poem, "Mother to Son" Seems to express the mother’s journey in life and how she’s gone threw great struggles. It seems that there is no father figure for this son in the poem; this may be one of the son’s struggles. The mother is giving life advice to her son about the up hill battles she has faced and the ones her son will face. Analyzing the videos they all portray different message weather or not they display the best representation for the poem is the real question. The poem is meant to have a firm portrayal a “ this is how life is” message that explains that life is not easy and you cant just sit down and think what if.
This financial difficulty and abject poverty provides a beautiful illustration of motherhood, which is sacrifice for the wellbeing of her children. Meeker sets the tone by exploring the family life in the start of the poem. She uses hyperboles to describe the conditions of the family. Meeker gives a look into the relationship between the mother and her daughter, the narrator’s sister. She writes, “they clawed their womanhoods out of each other” (3) which undoubtedly indicates that the two do not get along.
The mood and the tone of "The Mother" is one of guilt, shame, and possibly remorse. The tone seems almost lethargic, but brings about a surge of emotions within the reader. The emotional impact on its readers can range from shock and horror to apprehension and unease. The setting of the poem conjures pictures of the deprived, unfortunate, and meager woman of the time, who faces a fear and uncertainty of bringing a child into a world that will not be accommodating to the noticeable disregard to the socially acceptable philosophy of family. The woman tells her aborted children that she loves them, and that is why she has made the choice to abort them.
Review of The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick is a thrilling book set in the times of World War One. As you can imagine, the book shows themes of death, pain, fear and love. The main character is a young girl named Alexandra who has disturbing and graphic premonitions of death, and as her brothers enter the war, she foresees their deaths. Her eldest brother's death came too soon for her to act on it, but when she sees her second brother Tom's death, she decides that it is her job to prevent this from happening, to intervene with fate. A strong point of the book is the descriptions of the dreams and premonitions that Alexandra has.
So here we have a loyal, devoted wife who “swallowed her fears” and stood by her husband, only to be quickly shoved off and replaced by a younger version. Even though they had both said, “till death do us part,” only the woman is holding on to that commitment. After enduring the pain she could, she decided it was time for her to pack up and leave. In “Irreplaceable”, the aftermath of a relationship gone badly is put in perspective by Beyoncé's use of a first and second person point of view and offers insight through her own experiences. Beyonce lets her “boyfriend” know that she will not continue to sit around and be second on his priority list, and takes away the choice of her being in his life at all.
The play takes a turn when Nora decides to tell Mrs. Linde about one of her deepest and darkest secret. When Mrs. Linde comments that Nora is still a child because she has known no hardship in her life. Nora becomes indignant and says that she too has “something to be proud and happy about.” Then she goes on to tell Mrs. Linde that she saved her husband’s life when he was sick. She says that the doctors urged them to go south for a while but cautioned that the gravity of Torvalds’s illness must not be revealed to him—as he was in danger of dying. Nora tried to convince Torvald that they should go south, but he wouldn’t hear of borrowing money for that purpose.