Maya Angelou’s occupation Conductorrette from I know Why the Caged Bird Sings is written in the first-person point of view. The narrator is a fifteen-year-old black girl. She wants to find a job that will suit her age but that will also be one the really has an interest for. The narrator decides she wants to be the first Negro on the San Francisco streetcars. Getting the job‚ however‚ wasn’t an easy task‚ and neither was having to deal with the discrimination of her co-workers. In the beginning
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“I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such moving wonder‚ such a luminous dignity”. With these words‚ James Baldwin‚ who mentored and motivated Maya Angelou to write her autobiographical novel‚ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ describes the hope that Maya Angelou harboured for a better world‚ strongly supported by her love of literature and frequent retreats into the depths of literary worlds. The ever-religious Angelou
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Maya Angelou was a black child living with her grandmother in the American south in the 1930’s. In her autobiography “I know why the caged bird sings” she takes the reader on a journey throughout her childhood‚ growing up where racism towards the black people was rife. The opening lines introduce a crucial theme heavily laced with rhythm‚ dialect‚ alliteration and imagery. It shows Maya’s natural gift on her use of language and her use of upbeat‚ gentle self-deprecation that she uses when she writes
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Book Report Pt. 1 Mr.Welch—English Name: Alex Montenegro Period: 1 Title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Author: Maya Angelou Setting: Stamps‚ Arkansas; St.Louis‚ Missouri; San Francisco‚ California Protagonist: Maya Angelou Antagonist: Growing up; Being African American Describe the relationship between the protagonist and Antagonist. Being an African American‚ Maya grew up around racial segregation and discouragements
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Ling Jiang Pd 6. Independent Reading Assignment I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is an autobiography detailing evens in her life from when she was just five years old to when she has her first child at the age of 16. As I read the novel‚ I felt as though Angelou wrote it so that she could shine a light on the racism in America. Even though Maya Angelou is “black” and I am “yellow‚” I was able to relate to her story on a very personal level. Although I have never been sexually
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Triginhall Mrs. Teacher Honors English 10 18 November 2012 Response to Literature “The free bird thinks of another breeze….a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams…” The two literary works “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou and Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” can be seen as mockingbirds that have flown over fields of prejudice and repeat what they have seen for all to hear. Jem Finch‚ a young boy and lawyer’s son from “To Kill a Mockingbird” clearly symbolizes a mockingbird
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to the Representation of Marguerite Johnson’s Weakness in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings “My head was up and my eyes were open‚ but I didn’t see anything.” Using this line in the prologue of her autobiographical novel‚ Maya Angelou introduces the lack of power of the main character of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Marguerite Johnson. This phrase introduces to the reader a vulnerable girl who attempts to recite a poem in front of her Church in the Black section of the segregated town of Stamps
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A Lifetime of Influence Marguerite Johnson had a harsh childhood growing up in the South during the days of cotton picking and slavery. All of the adversity she encountered when she was young inspired her to write the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In it‚ she depicts what life was like growing up in the small town of Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ and illustrates the daily hardships that were roadblocks throughout her life. Many people help her overcome these obstructions in her young life‚ but it was
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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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An Analysis of Maya Angelou’s "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Julie Gibson Maya Angelou’s I Know Why Caged Bird Sings illustrates how an innocent and naive girl growing up in the midst of the Great Depression overcomes life’s many obstacles and becomes the powerful and influential woman she is today. Maya is a world renowned author‚ teacher‚ speaker‚ actress‚ and mother. Through this autobiographical piece‚ Maya’s use of figurative language and allusion compounds her thoughts‚ as she depicts
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