FREE ESSAY ON COMPARISON OF LANGSTON HUES PEICES

COMPARISON OF LANGSTON HUES PEICES

The short story "Thank You, Ma'am" and the poem "Mother to Son", both by Langston Hughes
are similar yet differ in many ways. In the following paragraphs I will explain the
similarities and the differences.
Besides being written by the same author the two literary works are a like in the sense
that they are both advice to young people. An example from "Mother to Son" is "So boy
don't you turn back, don't set you down those stairs 'cause you find its kinder harder,
don't you fall now". An example from "Thank you Ma'am is when Mrs. Jones says " I were
young once and I wanted things I couldn't get, I have done things, too, which I would not
tell you son-neither God, if he didn't already know". Both works are sharing there
experiencing with younger people to try to help them to learn from the mistakes they have
made in their life. They give the young people their advice showing kindness. Also both
stories are written with the same kind of language. An example of this is words like "M'
am", "No' m", and 
"Yes' m" from Thank You, M' am and words like "I' se" "a-climbin' ", and "aint" from
Mother to Son.
The ways these works are different is the format of the pieces. "Mother To Son" is a poem
and "Thank You M' am" is a short story. The literary elements in "Thank You M' am" are
characterization, direct characterization and indirect characterization. In "Mother To
Son" uses diction, connotations, denotations, entrails and his freedom of language, which
is called his poetic license. "Mother to Son" also has a deeper meaning, the writer chose
to write this poem like a metaphor, referring his life to a staircase. "Thank You M' am"
is clear about its meaning and uses dialog to explain the theme and meaning of the work.

In conclusion I found it clear to see that the literary works were alike in the sense
that they were both giving out a positive message but different in the way the message is
told. All and all I found both of these stories alike in the sense that they were very
enjoyable to read and learn from!
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