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    This book is dedicated to the late‚ great Maya Angelou. I took away from our brief meeting to “never stop writing” and I never will. <<IMAGE OF MAYA ANGELOU>> “The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. “-Maya Angelou Poetry has always been a part of who I am. Some people place poets and writers in different categories. I believe that writing is poetry and poetry is writing. Essentially‚ you cannot have one without

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    Mother Tongue by Amy Tan

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    Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others. I am a writer. And by that definition‚ I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language -- the way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth. Language is the

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    Languages and Emotions through Literature In Maya Angelou’s chapter “Graduation” from her autobiography I Know Where the Caged Bird Sings‚ captivating symbols and literary devices enforce the words on paper to spring to life. Taking place in an era of prejudice‚ several symbols and literary devise disadvantages of injustice and segregation for the African Americans. Additionally‚ multiple literary devices and symbols complete the ideas of the pride in culture and unity tied through Marguerite Johnson’s

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    “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ a famous Asian-American writer whose works focus a lot on mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese American experience. She grew up with a Chinese mother who spoke broken‚ or limited‚ English that was difficult for many people to understand. Amy Tan thinks because her mom spoke English differently‚ this caused Tan to speak English differently too. In her article‚ she talks about how language has the power to help shape the way people saw things‚ expressed things‚

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    Caged Bird by Maya Angelou explores themes of Social injustice‚ Lack of freedom/choice and Shattered dreams in six stanzas of varying length. There is no set rhyme scheme to the poem but there are noticeable rhymes in stanzas two‚ three‚ four and five. Stanza six is a repetition of stanza three. There are half rhymes throughout. Vocabulary and sentence structure is very straightforward. The stanzas alternate between the free bird’s perspective and that of the caged bird with regularity: two stanzas

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    Tan Begins to cry when she is told that her crush will be a guest at dinner‚ because she is not confident that he will be satisfied or accustomed to the nature of a Chinese dinner and would instead prefer the standard American dishes and would be shocked by the practices and customs of the Chinese dinner table. Tan’s mother is attempting to demonstrate the importance of a sense of pride for her own ethnic ancestry. Her mother recognizes her daughter’s own embarrassment and shame‚ and intends on be

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    Graduation. A memorable turning point in life. An important turning point for Maya Angelou the author of Graduation. Angelou does an extraordinary job at taking her readers through her graduation with a feeling of being present. As a young black girl in Arkansas around the 1940s‚ her graduation was a turning point. It defiantly opened her eyes to a realization that was needed to help her through life. With careful word choice‚ Angelou leads her readers through her essay with a sense of mood and feel as if

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    The reading I will be doing my analysis essay on is “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. I believe that the audience for this paper will be people who are uncertain about Amy Tan’s perspective in “Mother Tongue”. This audience would benefit from my analysis because they would gain additional perspective on the use and power of language. The analysis may also help to provide them with a more thorough look into the text so that they may find something to relate to their own experiences. This audience may be

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    “I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people”‚ Maya Angelou. This quote says everything I think of heroism a person just trying to make the world a better place for people. Heroism is someone who puts others before him/herself and is caring about others and what others think. This is a great quote and it is true some people try to make the world a better place and some don’t. Heroism is being brave and strong for other. Being brave will help others be

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    My Mother, By Amy Tan

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    Tan explains the difference between the English she speaks at home and the English she speaks outside the home. Tan identifies her mom as an educated woman however strangers pretend to ignore her because of the way how she speaks English and she is not able to receive the same respect as Tan does. Claims that she had a limited perception of her mother. Explains that speech changes with the people you interact with. Tan concludes that she is proud of her mother’s way of speaking English and wants

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