In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” Francine Prose confronts this plummeting interest in literature among teenagers. The United States has been afflicted with this disinterest for some time—young students are instilled with passion for math and science yet care little for English and literature. Attempting to explain this disparity‚ Prose argues that mediocre literature options and shoddy teaching methods leave students without any connection to the material they read. Unfortunately‚ while
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Not a lot of students enjoy the readings because they cannot relate to the stories. We are given books that may have been popular in the 20th century‚ but mind numbing in the 21st century. In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”‚ by Francine Prose‚ she shares her opinions on the books that are currently being read at school and how they are being taught. Francine states that “high school is where literary tastes and allegiance are formed; what we read
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One common technique used numerous times throughout the essay I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read is the rhetorical question‚ a strategy that uses questions with implied answers that the reader must determine by an author’s purpose and tone. When Prose uses rhetorical questions‚ she writes them after suggesting the solutions earlier in the essay‚ using the questions as a sort of conclusion. After an analysis that books such as Huckleberry Finn are only being studied in school for their racist
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in our Schools vs. I Know Why the Caged Bird cannot Read Both articles talk about the reading crisis in our school today. In Francine Prose’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird cannot Read” she states that a lot of our kids in school today are not interested in literature because the books are outdated and talk in a way that students can understand. However the other article states that the problem is more at the elementary level. It states there are three “traps” in the current why of teaching literature
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there with you that could’ve helped you do it? Being kind is important‚ whenever you’re helping someone with schoolwork or guiding them to make good decisions. The later example is shown in “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” and “Thank You M’am.” The character Mrs. Flowers in “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” reveals how kindness is important. “When Maya was about ten years old... She had become depressed and withdrawn.” (Maya Angelou 26) Then Mrs. Flowers came in to her life‚ and changed everything
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and to overall become a strong‚ integrated part of society. In our english classes more specifically‚ we are taught to be these people through the morals that are instilled in the pieces we study. In Francine Prose’s essay on education‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read she inaccurately claims that the importance our teachers set upon those values squanders any appreciation built for the quality of an author’s diction and syntax. In english‚ much more than any other class‚ students are given
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“Still I Rise” Poem Analysis “Still I Rise” was written by Maya Angelou‚ who is an African-American poet. A majority of her poems are written on slavery and life as a African- American woman. “Still I Rise” is one of the many well known. She discusses how she is treated differently and refers to her ancestry and relates to events they went through during the time of slavery and the events she continues to go through during her time period of life. “This poem has been an inspiration to people
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Francine Prose’s‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ proves many points about literature and the effect it has on students. I agree with Prose in such a sense that I believe students should read literature‚ not to get a better understanding of the “behind-the-scenes” of the story‚ or because it was assigned to them‚ but because they want to read it and that they will actually read the story thoroughly‚ understand it‚ and apply it to themselves and their life. I have taken English classes where
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As I was reading throughout the packets of all the poems‚ one really stood out to me. Even though it was the first poem on the first page of the packet‚ it was very powerful. I felt like I could use it and understand it more than the other poems. The poem I read was “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou. It is an incredibly powerful poem written by someone with such a rough background. It really shows how she pushed through life and what she did to get through everything she went through. What this poem
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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‚
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