In the novel The Rite of Passage by Richard Wright and “Mother to Son” by Langston
Hughes poem, both show similarities through the novel and poem. The Rite of Passage by Richard Wright is about a fifteen year old boy named Johnny who lives in New York and starts out with a good life and a good family, but finds out devastating news that his family is a foster family. He ends up running away, because he has to leave his family and be sent somewhere else. He runs away and goes on the streets where he learns about living life the hard way. Whereas the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is about a mother who's suffered many challenges, but still does not give up. She leaves this poem for her son to tell him how life has many difficulties, but he should be able to not give up. Lastly, both The Rite of Passage by Richard Wright and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes have many similarities including, audacious characters, enduring themes and many more. …show more content…
One similarity, would be the characters in The Rite of Passage and “Mother to Son have a tough time in life. Johnny in The Rite of Passage suffers a tough time on the streets. The narrator says, “...he had made his choice, the only choice that had lain within his reach” (115).The narrator is saying Johnny had many choices in life, but when he chose the wrong one he lost the other choices too. In the poem “Mother to Son” the mother experiences challenges in her life. In the poem it says “Life
Hughes poem, both show similarities through the novel and poem. The Rite of Passage by Richard Wright is about a fifteen year old boy named Johnny who lives in New York and starts out with a good life and a good family, but finds out devastating news that his family is a foster family. He ends up running away, because he has to leave his family and be sent somewhere else. He runs away and goes on the streets where he learns about living life the hard way. Whereas the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is about a mother who's suffered many challenges, but still does not give up. She leaves this poem for her son to tell him how life has many difficulties, but he should be able to not give up. Lastly, both The Rite of Passage by Richard Wright and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes have many similarities including, audacious characters, enduring themes and many more. …show more content…
One similarity, would be the characters in The Rite of Passage and “Mother to Son have a tough time in life. Johnny in The Rite of Passage suffers a tough time on the streets. The narrator says, “...he had made his choice, the only choice that had lain within his reach” (115).The narrator is saying Johnny had many choices in life, but when he chose the wrong one he lost the other choices too. In the poem “Mother to Son” the mother experiences challenges in her life. In the poem it says “Life