"Mother to Son"

"Well, son, I'll tell you, Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." This quote, found in the poem, "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, inspired be to select this poem. The title hooked me into the poem because i converse with my mom all the time. The Language sounds like a conversation so it's easy to understand. The metaphor's unique how you can compare life to a staircase. How can you compare a life to a staircase??

First, the title of this poem drew my attention "Mother to Son". i don't know why but when i first saw the title i just got drew into it. Maybe because i probably knew what the poem was going to be about?
Second, the language of this poem moved me. When the mother talks to her son, she has this southern accent and the way she speaks. I can imagine her talking to her son. Also, there's several apostrophe's because of the southern accent.
Finally, the metaphor enriched me. This whole poem compares to life in general. It has struggles, and breakthrough's to stairs. I liked how the poem didn't really rhyme. It just sounded like people talking and i could imagine that.

So, this poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes hooked me into the poem because i converse with my mom all time time. The language sounds like a conversation so it's easier to understand. The metaphor's unique how you can compare life to a staircase.

My President is Black! =]

what do i make...
I make randomness??
black and whte pics are my fav.
oh wait!....i just swallowed my gum!!
Think of a korean like me hanging round gangsters! Black people!
Oooooh racist! what? wait...
i do have a german friend !
i never match but i <3 black and white!
Yooo, i got some uggs...i just saw a ghost!
Mr. Romero's dreads grew!
remember TAG?!...
Somebody in my class lip big...
Bartskiii ownzzz....PUGFACE! <3
do you have the Dia-BEETUS?
Kate has the BEETUS!
what do you make?

annotations

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?pp/ils:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a52078)):displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856sf=3a52078

this is a picture of Edgar Allen Poe. this picture is in black and white.

Second Annotation

Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

http://www.internal.org/list_poems.phtml?authorID=5

This website is the biography of Edgar Allen Poe. There are poems that edgar allen poe wrote. i think this will help with our nhd project.

First Annotation

"Poe's Life" 30 Oct 2008

http://www.internal.org/list_poems.phtml?authorID=5.

Poem's by Edgar Allen Poe

This website was about Poe's life. He born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an orphan at an early age. He wasn't legally adopted. At the age of 24 he married his cousin virgina, whoat the age of 27 he was known all over the U.S because of the poem "the raven". was 13 at the time. Later

Topic Selection Post

I choose Edgar Allen Poe for my National History Day Project because I am interested in him and his poems. Edgar Allen Poe is important to history because without his efforts, there wouldn't be other great poets out there. I think his poems are about his feelings and about his life. For this week's research, I found an article at http://www.internal.org/list_poems.phtml?authorID=5. I will read and summarize it for next week

what i thought about NHD

I thought NHD (National History Day) was REALLY stupid. i hated it. i hated everything about it. It was THE worst experience i have ever had in high school so far. I wish NHD was mandatory. This was my first year doing this and it was pretty hard. The things i learned form this project was that you should choose a good partner, choose a topic that you REALLY want to do, and lastly,...NEVER PROCRASTINATE. NEVER, because if you do..your gonna be so far back that you might not catch up with the other people.