Caged Bird Sings Challenges
One of many challenged books is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou. This book was published back in 1969. While it has gained popularity over the past few decades, when it was originally published, a numerous amount of people were not satisfied with it, and it made people unhappy. It tells the true story of Ms. Angelou’s life, and the reader learns that she did not have an easy life by any means. She faced many challenges, and openly shared them in her book. Due to her openness, her book was challenged by members of society who claimed that the language she used and the scenes she wrote about were too dark and inappropriate for audiences. In this book Maya Angelou talks about her life as an African American girl, whose parents
have divorced at an early age in her life. Maya goes through some pretty rough things in her life, but she overcomes everything that life throws at her. She never gives up on anything that she does, and she was always willing to help others. She went through a period of time in her life where she did not talk to anybody but her brother, because she thought that her voice had killed somebody. This was not the case at all, however, she believed it was, therefore she became mute. She was finally able to have a break through and begin talking again after she read some of Shakespeare’s works.
I don’t believe this book should be challenged because what she went through is an amazing story that deserves to be told. Her bad experiences helped shape her into the strong woman that she became, as well as placed her at the top of the list of people that is admired for honestly telling their story. Thanks to Maya Angelou, other women can gather enough strength to get through their tough times. She amazingly overcame being mute by reading works of literature. I believe that reading can help people through a lot of things that they are facing in their lives, reading can take you to a whole new world. By taking pen to paper, Maya successfully told her story and helped demonstrate that women are strong and can be successful in whatever they attempt, no matter what unfortunate things may have happened to them throughout their lives.
have divorced at an early age in her life. Maya goes through some pretty rough things in her life, but she overcomes everything that life throws at her. She never gives up on anything that she does, and she was always willing to help others. She went through a period of time in her life where she did not talk to anybody but her brother, because she thought that her voice had killed somebody. This was not the case at all, however, she believed it was, therefore she became mute. She was finally able to have a break through and begin talking again after she read some of Shakespeare’s works.
I don’t believe this book should be challenged because what she went through is an amazing story that deserves to be told. Her bad experiences helped shape her into the strong woman that she became, as well as placed her at the top of the list of people that is admired for honestly telling their story. Thanks to Maya Angelou, other women can gather enough strength to get through their tough times. She amazingly overcame being mute by reading works of literature. I believe that reading can help people through a lot of things that they are facing in their lives, reading can take you to a whole new world. By taking pen to paper, Maya successfully told her story and helped demonstrate that women are strong and can be successful in whatever they attempt, no matter what unfortunate things may have happened to them throughout their lives.