Response Of Langston Hughes 'Mother To Son'

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Langston Hughes poem mother to son relates to wak’s if this world was mine because in the poem mother to son his mother talks about how messed up life is but you have to keep pushing and never give up. And in the picture for if this world was mine there is a picture of a mother handing her son the world with a lot torn up yarn. They also relate because both are single moms. Also both are talking about the world and how you should never give up. Both also show how life is not always going to be perfect. Another thing is that in mother to son the mother talks about how her life ain’t been no crystal stair it’s had broken boards and splinters in it. The mother in mother to son talks about how the son needs to start becoming a man because she
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