In the beginning of the poem, the mother is explaining to her son that life is hard and that he will have struggles. She, the mother explains to her son about her struggles in the past. She learned not to look back on the bad situations but to keep looking forward. The main idea for "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes is that no matter how bad life gets in the future everything will work out and get better. The thesis of the poem is the author conveys the hardships and the overcoming of obstacles that the son and mother overcome by using symbolism and work choice. Another way the mother and son overcome obstacles is by the use of imagery, repetition, and metaphors. The metaphor that the author uses which is also repetition because it is
