influential Renaissance women of our time. She is known for her books and poems such as “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Gather Together in My Name”. Not only is she a well renowned author and poet‚ Maya Angelou was also an active supporter of the civil rights movement during the 50’s and the 60’s. Throughout Maya Angelou’s life‚ she has gone through many obstacles which later inspired her to write books and poems. Maya Angelou spent her childhood in Stamps‚ Arkansas with her paternal grandmother
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received dozens of awards and more than fifty honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies‚ which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. Her biggest most top selling book was called “ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.” Early Years ; Very talented barely seems to cover the depth and breadth of Maya Angelou’s accomplishments. She was a author‚ actress‚ dancer and poet. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson‚ Angelou had a difficult childhood. Her parents
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however maturing mentally and emotionally into an individualistic being would arguably be one of the most difficult. Even more difficult would be trying to become an individual while in a constant state of oppression. Through her numerous essays‚ poems and novels‚ Maya Angelou does an exceptional job of recounting the hardships of adolescence‚ and lets her audiences and readers find out‚ first hand‚ the way she suffered growing up . In her works‚ Angelou uses her experiences with her family‚ the
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Maya Angelou‚ a native of St. Louis‚ began her life in Stamps‚ Arkansas with her paternal grandmother‚ older brother Bailey‚ and her paralyzed uncle. Stamps was a southern town plagued with segregation and‚ as Angelou remembered “..never believing whites were really real” (Angelou‚ 1969‚ pg.25). Stamps gave Maya her first exposure to the brutality of racial inequality. Her childhood was tragic and traumatic; nothing seemed to be on her side‚ yet because her resilience and passion were born out
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three years later to become to first black cable conductor in San Francisco. A year later she goes back to school‚ graduates and later gives birth to her son guy. When Maya Angelou started her autobiographical series in 1970 with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ she naturally chose her childhood as the organizing principle of her first volume (Carol E. Neubauer). Angelou’s career started as a singer at the Purple Onion Club‚ in San Francisco. She later began to write lyrics that turned into poetry
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hardships of African American life. Poems often included very detailed descriptions of horrific events to draw attention to the discrimination. Some had heavy‚ strong rhythms and vulgar diction. However‚ many others were uplifting and elegant. Many poets chose to reject the norms of western poetry‚ resulting in free verse. A common characteristic of poems was the use of the pronoun “we” to refer to the race as a whole‚ adding a sense that they were all united. Poems were often very spiritual‚ connecting
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Shana Campbell Mrs. Love Hilliard Creative Writing 25 January 2017 Caged In Her heart is pounding‚ contemplating should she tell the truth. I don’t want him to look at me any differently from the things I suffered in the past‚ worrying every night questioning when will I ever get out‚ she waited on an escape that would never happen. But she found the love of her life and felt she had escaped‚ she had felt free again. I would never want to live in a cage again. The author Adam Kraar describes the
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decisions and your decisions being considered. In the cage bird poem it represents slavery by having the bird locked in in a cage and not letting him go. Even though the cage bird talks about freedom like he had already been free for at least once in his life‚ when he had never been. The title “sympathy “explains the caged bird’s desire for freedom. According to the speakers‚ the cage bird feels constrained‚ oppressed‚ and imprisoned. The cage bird feels imprisoned because he does not get the opportunity
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was born on August 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis ‚ writer and civil rights activist is known for her 1969 memoir‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman. In 1971‚ Angelou published the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Die. She later wrote the poem "On the Pulse of Morning"—one of her most famous works which she recited at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993
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In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ there are multiple role models who help Maya through her hardships. Momma‚ Mrs. Flowers and Miss. Kirwin impacted her by their actions. Momma remains tranquil and patient during the difficult times of being downgraded because of their race. Mrs. Flowers helps Maya out of her silence‚ giving Maya another opportunity to be herself again. Maya’s favorite teacher‚ Miss. Kirwin respects her without judgements. These three women allow Maya to view her
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