As a teenager‚ Maya Angelou was driven to succeed in all aspects of her life which began with her move to San Francisco after winning a scholarship at San Francisco’s Labor School in 1942 (Wagner-Martin‚ 12). Later in her life at the age of 16‚ Angelou decided that she wanted to become a streetcar conductor. Determined to get the job Angelou visited Muni’s personnel department with the intention of placing an application--but was denied even receiving one. When asked by her mother why she did not
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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 in adolescence
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were mixing‚ bringing new ideas into London. New ideas can bring the best or worst of people‚ which is why changes is either embraced or fought against. In this Victorian time‚ the roles of women and men are well defined by the expectations society has for them. Woman were expected to stay within certain boundaries; stepping out of this constriction would be consider improper. Woman in the Victorian era were believed only to desired to be daughters‚ wife‚ or mothers. Woman in the story were moving
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In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Johnson continuously confuses the different aspects of love because of past experiences that have given her the wrong idea of what love actually is. The absence of the feeling of love in her life has led her to develop an understanding of love on her own from the things around her. The experience with Mr. Freeman has caused her to develop this perception of love at such a young age which continued on to misguide her through life. Maya Johnson’s
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“The American Dream: The New Woman” The third decade of the twentieth century‚ known as the American Dream‚ was exciting with many social and cultural changes. For many American’s‚ it meant a growth of cities‚ a rise in the economical culture‚ a boom in the music industry‚ and a revolution of morals and manners. This holds true‚ especially for the women. Women found their lives had changed in more than just appearance‚ and society had accepted that women were independent‚ and could make decisions
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novel‚ it was also “a turning point” in Maya’s life. And the additional scene to the chapter is when Mrs. Flower had a lesson about living to Maya. As the adding scene extended further the process of “lesson in living”. Since the Maya underwent sexual harassment by her mother’s boyfriend‚ it will be helpful if there would more detail in the “healing process” of Maya. The chapter emphasized and elaborated one of the major themes in the novel‚ when a person is in the toughest part of their
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Maya Angelou and her African American Dream Maya Angelou is one of the most distinguished African American writers of the twentieth century. Writing is not her only forte she is a poet‚ director‚ composer‚ lyricist‚ dancer‚ singer‚ journalist‚ teacher‚ and lecturer (Angelou and Tate‚ 3). Angelou’s American Dream is articulated throughout her five part autobiographical novels; I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Gather Together in my Name‚ Singin’ and Swingin’ and Getting’ Merry Like Christmas‚
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When reading about Maya’s childhood in the novel‚ I felt sympathetic towards her. She faced many hardships in her life‚ one of them mainly having to do with race. She lived in Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ where prejudice was so strong at the time that there was a “black” side of town and a “white” side of town. It was disappointing to learn that some of the white girls in town would mimic her Momma and make fun of her. They had to deal with serious segregation on a daily basis and have their intelligence downgraded
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persuades those who want to be more than a guy working in a small office and doing other people’s work. “It reminds me that all I have to do is to write down as much as I can see through a one inch picture frame.” This one-inch picture frame takes her back to when her older brother‚ who was ten at the time‚ was trying to finish a report on birds that was due the next day but had had over three months to work on. Her brother sat in the kitchen table crying‚ surrounded by the unopened books‚ desperately
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BIRD BY BIRD In the book Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott‚ the author takes the reader through a crash course in writing a story. I found the book helpful in many ways. However‚ I also found a plethora of information that I will never use and didn’t need to read. Instead of giving tips on how to write college papers‚ which is what I was looking for‚ the author went in depth about the life of an author. The three most important things I took from this book were; the importance of getting things down
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