I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by author Maya Angelou‚ is a gripping tale of a young girl‚ Maya‚ and how her world is evolving around her. The book is an extreme tale of racism and abuse‚ two concepts that would make one forget that this novel is non-fiction. Reading through it‚ I constantly have to remind myself that this is someone’s life story. This book has multiple strong characters who show archetypal characteristics which makes this easy to examine from an archetypal perspective. We see
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replaced with grumbles about cheating houses‚ weighted scales‚ snakes‚ skimpy cotton and dusty rows. In later years I was to confront the stereotyped picture of gay song-singing cotton pickers with such an inordinate rage that I was told even by fellow blacks that my paranoia was embarrassing. But I had seen the fingers cut by the mean little cotton boils‚ and I had witnessed the backs and shoulders and arm and legs resisting any further demands." The importance of this quote
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Literary Analysis By Aaliyah Smith Maya Angelou wrote an amazing and entertaining autobiography titled I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ about her hard life growing up as a black girl from the South. Among the hardships are things known as "cages" as stated from a metaphor from Paul Dunbar’s poem "Sympathy." "Cages" are things that keep people from succeeding in life and being everything they want to be. Some of Maya Angelou’s cages include being black in the
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1. The memoir opens with a provocative refrain: What you looking at me for? I didn’t come to stay…” What do you think this passage says about Ritie’s sense of herself? How does she feel about her place in the world? How does she keep her identity intact? In the novel‚ “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou it basically explains her life growing up. The main character was Maya herself whom wrote the book and she talks about the struggle and pain she had to go through as a child. She explains
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Journal #3 (Chapter 21-27) |Quote # 13: "At eleven years old‚ death is more unreal than |My Opinion: An eleven year old is less focused on death because | |frightening (Angelou 160)." |it is more unreal then frightening. Death is one of the last | | |things on a child’s mind because they are more worried about | | |today
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This character analysis was based on the autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ written by the famous and inspiring Maya Angelou. In the beginning of‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Marguerite Annie Johnson or Maya Angelou is a precocious girl and she suffered from the typical traumas associated with being a black girl in America‚ as many black girls have. But she also struggled from the traumas of displacement. Her parents gave up on their marriage‚ and soon after‚ they sent away Maya
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Reflection for “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” Abstract This essay consists of three sections. The first section‚ a brief synopsis of the book “I know why caged bird sings” is presented. At the second part‚ three insights after reading the book are introduced. That is‚ metaphor of caged bird‚ power of literacy‚ and power of silence. At the last section‚ discipline-specific knowledge that relevant to the main character of book is stated. Synopsis of the Text This autobiography
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different homes between the ages of three and sixteen: from California to Stamps to St. Louis to Stamps to Los Angeles to Oakland to San Francisco to Los Angeles to San Francisco. As expressed in the poem she tries to recite on Easter‚ the statement “I didn’t come to stay” becomes her shield against the cold reality of her rootlessness. Besieged by the “tripartite crossfire” of racism‚ sexism‚ and power‚ young Maya is belittled and degraded at every turn‚ making her unable to put down her shield and
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Final Essay Maya Angelou’s life was full of influential events that transformed her from a young‚ insecure black girl from the South‚ to a proud‚ strong‚ and independent African-American. She endured so much pain and many obstacles in her childhood that created a strength within herself that could not have been achieved otherwise. In comparison‚ my life so far has not been that difficult‚ I have many privileges and supportive influences in my life. The challenges
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In the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings by Mary Angelou‚ the chapter “Graduation” includes symbols and literary devices that portray segregation and prosperity throughout the story. Furthermore‚ the vigorous symbols and literary devices expose the emotions and limitations of segregation. Moreover‚ these devices reveals the feelings of contentment. During the 1940’s‚ segregation depresses the African American people and composes them to feel dispirited. Particularly‚ the white schools
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