Langston Hughes: Historical Perspective Essay

The two poems that I chose to write close are The Negro obtain and Mother to Son by Langston Hughes. Both of these poems are about a mother intercommunicate to her children and speaking of the hard times that she has been through in the past. If we read these poems its very much telling us about history and the things that black people had to endure back in the days. Many people dejection view it as her speaking to her children or to her son directly but I see it as her speaking to the black children of society.The Negro Mother is a poem where a mother is speaking to her children about her struggles and reminding them of her ancestors and their days as a slave I am the one who labored as a slave, beaten and mistreated for the work that I gave (Hughes, 2012, Line 11). At the beginning of the poem she begins to tell of the alarming things and how bad things were but then starts to tell her children a type of hope and telling them Stand interchangeable free men supporting my trust . Believe in the right, let none push you back. (Hughes, 2012, Line 36).In the poem Mother to Son, we have the similar theme where the mother speaks of her struggles in life. She describes her life as stairs and says that her life for me aint been no crystal stair. (Hughes, 2012, Line 2) Just like on the kickoff poem she continues to encourage her son and telling him never to give up. wear downt you fall now- for Ise unperturbed goin honey. Ise still climbin (Hughes, 2012, Line 17). What I thought she meant here is dont give up because after all that I have been through, I am still going.