In the poem, “Mother to Son”, by Langston Hughes, the lesson we can learn from the mother is that life is a universally difficult experience but—when it comes to pursuing dreams— you need perseverance and grit because nothing worthwhile ever is easy. Evidence for this is shown at the beginning of the poem. The mother compares her life to a staircase—specifically saying that her life hasn’t been “no crystal stair” (Line 2). The crystal stairs symbolizes the clearest and easiest road to take in regard to life; The path of least resistance, so to speak, and the mother feels that she has never had the pleasure of encountering such a fate. This line of thinking is continued in the next few lines further proving that life is a laborious and burdensome
