Responce to Mother to Son

Keep Going

Authors Note: This is a piece to show how figurative language is used to set the tone and mood in “Mother to Son” Langston Hughes

The author uses a lot of metaphors, by having the mother talk about her life as if it was a crystal stair or a floor of a house when he says some boards torn up and bare places. The figurative language used gives a sense of comparison and it’s used to set the tone of hardship and sadness with a little bit of reassurance when she says she’s okay and for her son to keep going. The way I felt when I read the story was that if, I were the boy I would want to find my mother and help her even though she says to keep going. It makes me feel sorry for the mother.